Karimnagar, Nov. 20: With elections fast approaching, parties of Telangana region are seeking divine help these days. The Telangana Rastra Samiti president, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is planning to offer prayers at a dargah in Adilabad before starting his road show in the district.
He has regularly prayed at the famous Karimullahshah dargah (in the old town in Karimnagar) before filing his nomination papers and believes that this has led to his victory in all the three recent elections including two by-elections in a row from Karimnagar. KCR had also embraced the age-old custom of wearing "Imam Zamin", (coins wrapped in a cloth and tied around the arm for good fortune), during all his election campaigns in the past.
Not to be excluded from divine favour, the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, and the Nava Telangana Party president, Mr T. Devender Goud, too were found wearing Imam Zamin at various meetings held in the region recently. Meanwhile, the BJP state president, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, has already performed the famous Kode Mokku ritual at Sri Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple in Vemulawada during his visit to the temple town as part of the Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra recently.
It is a unique ritual conducted by offering bull-calves, considered as incarnations of Nandeeshwara, for fulfilment of wishes. Elated over the promise made by the party prime ministerial candidate, Mr Lal Krishna Advani, to form separate Telangana in 100 days after coming to power, the BJP leaders have stepped up their campaign to win the hearts of people in the region.
To express his immense belief in the power of Lord Shiva, Mr Dattatreya once again performed Kode Mokku in Vemulawada on Monday, this time to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva for the election of Mr Advani as the next Prime Minister.
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