Sambhulingeswara Kalyanotsavam is an important festival held at
Swayam Sambhulingeswara Temple in
Nalgonda District. It falls during
Mahashivaratri and lasts for five days. The wedding ceremony of the presiding deity is celebrated on this occasion. Cash, silver and gold ornaments, coconuts and flowers are offered to the deity. If a childless woman performs
puja wearing wet clothes on all the days of the festival, she is believed to be blessed with a child. A cattle fair is held during the festival. A large number of devotees from the districts of
Hyderabad,
Warangal,
Guntur and Nalgonda assemble here on this occasion.
