Hyderabad, May 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Saraswati Antya Pushkaralu began at Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district of Telangana on Thursday with Kanchi Math pontiff Sri Shankar Vijayendra Saraswati taking the first holy dip. State Endowments Minister Konda Surekha, IT and Industries Minister Dudilla Sridhar Babu and his wife, and others also took the first sacred bath at 5.43 a.m. Authorities expect about 20-30 lakh devotees to take part in the 12-day holy event, being held in Telangana for the first time. Saraswati River is a mystical, subterranean stream that merges with the Godavari and Pranahita rivers at Kaleshwaram, forming the sacred Triveni Sangam at Kaleshwaram.