The five-day ritual seeking timely and adequate rainfall across the country, and welfare and prosperity of humanity concluded at the Dharmagiri Veda Vignana Peetham in Tirumala on Thursday with the performance of ‘Maha Poornahuti’.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) conducted the ‘Kareri Isti’, ‘Varuna Japam’ and ‘Parjanya Shanti homam’ as part of a rituals aimed at invoking the divine blessings for favourable rains and a bountiful agricultural season.

TTD Executive Officer M. Ravichandra and Additional Executive Officer Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary participated in the concluding ceremony. Principal of Sri Venkateswara Veda Vignana Peetham Kuppa Siva Subrahmanya Avadhani led the chanting of the prescribed mantras.

Mr. Avadhani said the rituals were performed in keeping with the tradition followed for several decades, with prayers for timely and favourable rainfall across India and for people to be spared the hardship caused by excessive or deficient rains. In all, 32 ritwiks (Vedic priests) took part in the ritual.

TTD board members Panabaka Lakshmi, G. Bhanu Prakash Reddy and Shanta Ram, besides faculty members and students of the peetham, participated in the concluding ceremony.