Medaram Jatara: Sammakka's Birthplace Bayyakkapeta Holds Special Significance

• Medaram Maha Jatara, a biennial tribal festival in Telangana, attracts over a crore devotees to Mulugu district.
• The festival commemorates the sacrifice of forest goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma against Kakatiya king Prataparudrudu's taxes.
• Bayyakkapeta village in Tadwai Mandal is historically significant as the birthplace of Mother Sammakka.
• Legend states Sammakka was found as a golden-hued infant guarded by tigers under a bamboo tree by Koya chieftains.
• Though the main Jatara moved to Medaram in 1942, Bayyakkapeta still holds special pujas and attracts devotees to Sammakka's birthplace.

Why It Matters: Bayyakkapeta, Sammakka's birthplace, remains a sacred site for devotees despite the main Medaram Jatara's relocation.