Today marks the Sri Ram Navami festival, a major festival for Hindus.The fesitval celebrations are going on grandly in Telugu states.
It is celebrated as the eve of the birth of Lord Shri Ram.Devotees started flooding to the temples in the early morning to offer special poojas.Special arrangements were made by the temples seeing the rush.
However, the Sri Rama Navami celebrations in Tanuku led to a tense situation.
A fire mishap was reported during the Sri Ram Navami celebrations at the Venugopala Swamy Temple in Tanuku Mandal of West Godavari district.In this accident, the temple roofs were gutted in fire.
Thick smoke and fire gripped the area after the fire broke out as per the information.
The media reports say that the leaves on the Pandal set up for the celebrations caught the fire and spread massively.
The devotees were shocked looking at the fire.The temple authorities informed the local Police about this and they rushed to the spot for rescue.
However, it is suspected that the accident happened due to a short circuit.More information about this accident is yet to be known.
Seeing the fire, the cops called the Firefighters to the scene.A few fire tenders worked hard to bring the situation under control.
However, it is said that no casualties were reported in the mishap, despite a few devotees sustaining small injuries.
The visuals from the temple show thick fire spreading rapidly and people running in fear.
People also took part in the rescue operation and helped bring the situation under control.
