Pushkaram Ghats

Two college students were killed and three others are feared drowned in the Krishna river today, when a boat carrying them to a bathing ghat for a holy dip during the ongoing Pushkaram, capsized near Chandarlapadu in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district.

The Andhra Pradesh Government wants to keep beggars away from bathing ghats during the ongoing 'Godavari Puskharam' and is offering Rs 10,000 to each of them so that they stay away from the religious event, which is attracting lakhs of pilgrims in Rajahmundry.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged pilgrims at Godavari Pushkaram to keep bathing ghats clean and take it upon them as a responsibility.

A day after a stampede broke out at the bathing ghat at Rajahmundry, the Andhra Pradesh government today stepped up measures to ensure smooth conduct of the 'Pushkaram' festival.

Two college students were killed and three others are feared drowned in the Krishna river today, when a boat carrying them to a bathing ghat for a holy dip during the ongoing Pushkaram, capsized near Chandarlapadu in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district.

The Andhra Pradesh Government wants to keep beggars away from bathing ghats during the ongoing 'Godavari Puskharam' and is offering Rs 10,000 to each of them so that they stay away from the religious event, which is attracting lakhs of pilgrims in Rajahmundry.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged pilgrims at Godavari Pushkaram to keep bathing ghats clean and take it upon them as a responsibility.

A day after a stampede broke out at the bathing ghat at Rajahmundry, the Andhra Pradesh government today stepped up measures to ensure smooth conduct of the 'Pushkaram' festival.