Nellore Rottela Panduga (Roti Festival) 2015



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Rotiyaan ki eid or Rottela Panduga (Roti Festival) is celebrated at Bara Shaheed Dargah located at the Swarnala Cheruvu in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a five days festival. Coming to the dates of Roti Festival 2015 is from October 24th to 28th. Rottela Panduga falls on the month of Muhharam festival. The story behind the Nellore Roti Festival is 12 martyrs whose mortal remains are buried in the compound. Women who visit the shrine, exchange their rotis(flat breads) in Nellore Tank. Rottela Panduga got the State festival status last year (2014) with the government making proposals to spend nearly Rs. 50 lakh towards developing basic facilities for the visiting devotees.The pilgrims come from far-off places in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and AP and Telangana. This year the organisers are also planned for some entertainment activities like laser show, cracker show to entertain the devotees.

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