Bhupalpally, May 15 -- The Saraswati Pushkaralu, a sacred river festival, began with a Ganapati puja at the Triveni Sangam in Kaleshwaram, located in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, on Thursday.

Telangana Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu, his wife, District Collector Rahul Sharma, Bhupalpally MLA Gandra Satyanarayana Rao, High Court Judge Surapalli Nanda and several devotees took a holy dip here earlier this morning.

Minister Babu expressed in a post on X that he feels blessed to have participated in the Saraswati Pushkaralu festival.

"I feel truly blessed to have taken part in the sacred Saraswati Pushkaralu at the Triveni Sangamam in Kaleshwaram early this morning. As the holy rivers Godavari, Pranahita & the subterranean Saraswa...