Medaram

Medaram
Medaram
—  village  —
Medaram
Location of Medaram
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates 18°14′31″N 80°5′7″E / 18.24194°N 80.08528°E / 18.24194; 80.08528Coordinates: 18°14′31″N 80°5′7″E / 18.24194°N 80.08528°E / 18.24194; 80.08528
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Warangal
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Coastline


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Medaram is a village in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh, India. A popular religious congregation or Jatara called "Samakka sarakka" jatara takes place for three days biennially in this village. This is deemed to be second largest congregation in India, only after the Kumbha Mela. Nearly one crore or ten million people are expected to converge on this village for the Jatara in the year 2010. Medaram is located 120 km away from Warangal city, which in turn is about 140 km from the state capital Hyderabad.

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