Purushottama Patnam

Purushottama Patnam is a village situated on National Highway No.5 at Chilakaluripet and also on the banks of Ogeru vaagu.[1] Ogeru vaagu is also called the Omkareswara River. Maha Siva Rathri is one of the major festivals[2] during which villagers erect "Prabha", which are flat cone-like structures made from bamboo sticks and decorated with flowers and pictures.[3]

References
  1. "Purushottama Patnam". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. "BAPS Festivals - Maha Shivaratri". Swaminarayan.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. Wilber Theodore Elmore (2003). Dravidian Gods in Modern Hinduism. Kessinger Publishing Co. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-7661-3871-1. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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