Damarakunta observes Vinayaka Chavithi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Telangana.
Called Vinayaka Chavithi. Clay idols, the 21-leaf puja and undrallu are central. Community mandapams run for days, the Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad being the largest and drawing the biggest immersion procession.
The regional form observed across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 September | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
By population, Damarakunta ranks #3 of 9 villages in Markook mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damarakunta हे Telanganaच्या Siddipet जिल्ह्यातील Markook मंडळमधील 3,312 लोकसंख्येचे 718 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Markook मंडळमधील 9 गावांत 3वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 51% आहे, मंडळ सरासरी 47% पेक्षा 4 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 998 स्त्रिया. हे Siddipet जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 28 किमी, जवळचे शहर Medipallyपासून 12 किमी, Gajwel रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 19 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 502281 आहे, Jagadevpur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 573721 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Primary Health Center, Markook, 6 किमी अंतरावर. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 3,677, 2011 पेक्षा 11% जास्त.
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| गाव | लोकसंख्या | साक्षरता | अंतर |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damarakunta · हे गाव | 3,312 | 51% | — |
| Sivar Venkatapur · Markook | 998 | 49% | 3.2 किमी NW |
| Vardarajpur · Markook | 1,432 | 40% | 3.4 किमी NE |
| Karkapatla · Markook | 1,035 | 47% | 3.8 किमी SW |
| Dharmaram · Jagdevpur | 626 | 44% | 3.8 किमी E |
| Erravalle · Markook | 1,445 | 47% | 5.9 किमी N |
| Markook · Markook | 4,962 | 47% | 6.2 किमी NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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