Date:20/04/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/20/stories/2008042050520200.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Worshipping the river

— PHOTO: CH. VIJAYA BHASKAR

New ritual: Harathi being given to Krishna river in Vijayawada on Saturday as part of an initiative taken by the Endowments Department. It is first time that the practice has been implemented in the State to propitiate rivers.