The presiding deities were on the ‘Gaddelu’ on the third day and undertook Vanapravesam (enter the forest) to return to their abode on the last day. The district authorities strove for three months to make foolproof arrangements. The venue of this massive festival is a small Grampanchayat (village panchayat) with a population of 800. But during the festival, it was transformed into a city, with thousands of shops lining its streets and crores of rupees of business transacted. The shops mainly sold jaggery, which was submitted as ‘mokku’ to the Goddesses by the devotees. The government of Andhra Pradesh had released rupees 36 crores for the festival. For the first time, the government plied buses from all districts of the state to the venue of the Jatara. Many VIP’s and VVIP’s visited the Jatara to seek the blessings of the Goddesses.