Yellamma Devi Yatra is organized in Margashirsh month. It is
an important fair and festival at Yellamma Devi Temple at Gavhan Village near
Tasgaon in Maharashtra. The annual ritual attracts hundreds of devotees. Yellamma
Devi Yatra 2024 date is December 22.
Yellamma Devi is popular rural deity in certain regions of
Maharashtra. She is a village deity and also a family deity. People from nearby
villages and towns participate in the jatra.
Yellamma Devi is annually held on Margashirsha Krishna Paksha
Saptami Tithi or the seventh day during the waxing phase of moon in Margashirsh month as per traditional Hindu lunar calendar followed in Maharashtra.