Religious fervour peaks as Sammakka is brought down from Chilakalagutta hillock at Medaram

Devotees jostled for a glimpse of the procession as it moved towards the Medaram tribal shrine after Mulugu Superintendent of Police Sudhir R. Kekan fired a few rounds into the air from an AK-47 assault rifle as a mark of respect to the tribal deity as part of a long-standing tradition followed since 1996