The auspicious occasion comes in every 12 years and the river attains the form of “Theertha” in presence of Pushkarudu. The puranas tell that people should take holy dip, do charity, offer oblations to the Gods in memory of the ancestral departed souls.The belief is that the Theerthas fit for a holy dip to wash off the sins and during Pushkarams the people perform rituals like Pindapradanam to the ancestral departed souls on this auspicious occasion. During Pushkarams, people perform the following rituals on the banks of river Godavari.
Vidhistanam and Pindapradanam to the ancestral departed souls.
GHATS in RAJAHMUNDRY:
Rajahmundry - KOTILINGALA GHAT (Longest Ghat)
Rajahmundry-CHINTALAMMA GHAT
Rajahmundry-LAKSHMI GANAPATHI GHAT
Rajahmundry-KANAKA DURGA GHAT
Rajahmundry-KRISHNA CHAITANYA GHAT
Rajahmundry-PUSHKAR GHAT (Kotagummam)
Rajahmundry-TTD GHAT (Alcot Garden)
Rajahmundry-SRADDHANANDA GHAT
Rajahmundry-MARKANDEYA GHAT (Padmavathi Ghat)
Rajahmundry-VYGRAM GHAT (Alcot Garden)
Rajahmundry-SARASWATHI GHAT (VIP Ghat)
Rajahmundry-VISWESWARA GHAT
Rajahmundry-GOWTHAMI GHAT (Near Iskon)
Rajahmundry-SUBBAYAMMA GHAT (Alcot Garden)
Rajahmundry-RAMALAYAM GHAT
Dowleswaram-RAMAPADALAREVU GHAT
Dowleswaram-CERP GHAT
Dowleswaram-CHINTHALA GHAT
Dowleswaram-BOAT OFFICE GHAT
Dowleswaram-PADMAVATHI GHAT
Dowleswaram-GAYATHRI GHAT
Dowleswaram-SUNNAMBATTILA RAMP GHAT
Dowleswaram-VIP GHAT (Behind CERP Guest Office)
Dowleswaram-GANGALAMMA GHAT
Dowleswaram-KANCHARALINE GHAT
Dowleswaram-SAI BABA TEMPLE GHAT
VIEW MAP OF ALL GHATS:

EVENTS BY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE:

BY DATE BY VENUE
July 13, 2015 Sri Venkateswara Anam Kala Kendram – Rajahmundry, East Godavari District
July 14, 2015 Government Arts College – Rajahmundry, East Godavari District
July 15, 2015 Subrahmanya Mandapam – Rajahmundry, East Godavari District
July 16, 2015 Muncipal Stadium – Rajahmundry, East Godavari District
July 17, 2015 Government Junior College – Dowleswaram, East Godavari District
July 18, 2015 Rythu Visranthi Bhavan – Atreyapuram, East Godavari District
July 19, 2015 Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple – Vadapalli, East Godavari District
July 20, 2015 Sri Bheemeswara Swamy Temple – Draksharamam, East Godavari District
July 21, 2015 Sri Anjaneyaswami Temple, Pattiseema, West Godavari District
July 22, 2015 Goshpada Kshetram, Kovvuru, West Godavari District
July 23, 2015 Pushkar City, Kovvuru, West Godavari District
July 24, 2015 Sri Subrahmanyeswara Temple, Siddantam, West Godavari District
July 25, 2015 Muncipal Auditorium – Palakollu, West Godavari District
July 26, 2015 Muncipal Auditorium – Palakollu, West Godavari District
Pilgrims perform a variety of Religious Activities and Rituals during their Godavari Maha Pushkaram 2015 visit.
Performing ten Danams (Dasa Danam) in memory of the elders.
Charity to the poor through Annadanam etc.