Worship of Divinity Forged in Virtue and Valour, Not Carved in Stone
How Two Fearless Tribal Women Turned into Goddesses, Worshipped By Millions
Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara 2026: The Ultimate women-power uprising that Defeated Kings and became divine!
In the wild, untamed jungles of Dandakaranya, something seen celestial is brewing. It is bigger than Kumbh Mela itself — and it is all because of the grit and valour demonstrated by two ordinary tribal women who refused to bow down!
Sammakka, the fierce mother and Saralamma, her warrior daughter — 13th-century Koya tribal queens who single-handedly led a bloody revolt against the mighty Kakatiya empire’s cruel drought-time taxes.
No army, no weapons of mass destruction — just raw courage, unbreakable values, and pure tribal valour! When the rulers demanded impossible grain even during famine, these two didn’t beg or negotiate.
They fought back, bled rivers -literally — Jampanna Vagu is said to run red with the blood of Saralamma’s brother, and sacrificed everything for their people, land, and dignity. By sheer virtue of their insane bravery, unbreakable honour, fierce protection of their community, and refusal to compromise on justice… they became GODDESSES! Dead? Maybe physically. But Never Forgotten.
Millions now worship them as living deities — because true divinity isn’t born in temples… it explodes from the leadership of women who stood up when everyone else kneels!
Fast-forward to 2026 — Asia’s biggest tribal extravaganza, the Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara, is set to take off from Jan 28–31 in Medaram, Telangana, expecting a jaw-dropping 3 crore pilgrims! Here are the scenes already giving goosebumps:Here are fierce Koya tribal women carrying massive loads of ‘bangaram’ (jaggery) offerings — weighing as much as their own bodies — in devotion to the mother-daughter goddesses who inspired it all!
Look at these powerful tribal women devotees in traditional attire, embodying the same fire and pride that turned Sammakka and Saralamma into eternal icons!
The sacred altar has been upgraded with Rs 101 crore (thanks to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy who even did his own ‘tulabharam’ by weighing in jaggery!
AI drones, 13,000 cops, thousands of buses — all to handle the tsunami of devotees coming to bow before these self-made goddesses.
