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'''Velal''' is a village in [[Jaipur mandal]], [[Mancherial district]], [[Telangana]] state, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.districtsinfo.com/2016/11/mancherial-district-revenue-divisions.html|title=Velal Village of Jaipur Mandal|website=districtsinfo.com|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> It is the location of the Sri Gattu Mallanna Swamy Temple that is notable for the [[Maha Shivaratri]] festival.

== Velal Mallanna Swamy Temple ==
Local lore says that the Sri Mallanna Swamy temple, sited on a hillock in Velal, is centuries old. It is known for the three-day-long Maha Shivaratri festivities, which take place around February and attract in excess of 100,000 devotees of [[Shiva]] from various parts of northern Telangana, including [[Adilabad district|Adilabad]], [[Karimnagar district|Karimnagar]] and [[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad]] districts.<ref name=":0" />

As a part of tradition, devotees take a holy dip in the river and then prepare [[Bonalu]] (special sweet food made with [[rice]] and [[Jaggery|jaggary]]) on the hillock using water from the nearby [[Godavari River]]. They present it to presiding deity Shiva in the temple. Similarly, people congregate at the holy place during the [[jathara]] conducted during the Shivaratri festival. They participate in shopping and recreation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://telanganatoday.news/set-maha-shivaratri|title=All set for Maha Shivaratri|first=Padala|last=Santosh|date=23 February 2017|work=All set for Maha Shivaratri|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Mancherial district]]

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