<span style="color: #222222;">Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh is gearing up for the annual Sirimanotsavam, which will be held on October 11. </span>It is a major festival of the presiding deity of Vizianagaram town Sri Pydithalli Ammavari Jatara. <br />''<br />''The major tribal- folk Festival in North coastal Andhra Pradesh remained a low-key affair in the past two years due to Covid- 19. Traditionally, Sirimanotsavam Jatara is celebrated on the first Tuesday after the Dussehra festival every year. This annual fete also known as Sirimanu Panduga is expected to draw four to five lakh people from different parts of  Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that devotees will witness the spectacle of the priest sitting atop a 55-foot pole ( made of a tree trunk, Sirimanu) in regal robes to be taken around the Fort in Vizianagaram. The priest blesses devotees, and the chariot covers the thoroughfares of Vizianagaram. </span><br />