Hyderabad: Amid COVID-19 no fish medicines will be distributed this year. The Bathini Gold family of Hyderabad announced on Sunday that the event, which is held every year in the first week of June, will not be arranged this time.
This is the second time in many decades that family has not distributed the fish medicine.
The government of Telangana has already extended the exclusion on 12 May and until 30 May. Harinath Gold said.
The family annually distributes fish medicine (Prasadam) to asthma patients on Mrigasira Karthi, which rings the onset of the monsoon and normally falls on June 7-8.
People suffering from asthma and other respiratory problems flock here every year on exhibition grounds from different states to receive fish “Prasadam” from the family who claim to distribute it for 175 years for free.
Source: The Siasat Daily