{
  "id": 653349,
  "title": "Srisailam and Vijayawada temples hold rain rituals; why not TTD, asks Karunakar Reddy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/srisailam-and-vijayawada-temples-hold-rain-rituals-why-not-ttd-asks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:12:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/srisailam-and-vijayawada-temples-hold-rain-rituals-why-not-ttd-asks-karunakar-reddy/article71335759.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bhumana Karunakar Reddy said the TTD had conducted scores of such rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that smaller temples had taken up the Varuna Yagam in response to public sentiment amid a rainfall deficit attributed to El Nino",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}