Bathukamma celebrations around historic stepwell in Narayanpet

Hyderabad: In an effort to revive historic step wells in the state, the founder of ‘The Rainwater Project’ Kalpana Ramesh organised Bathukamma celebrations along with cultural activities around the Baram Baavi in Narayanpet district on Thursday.  

Hundreds of women clad in traditional attire recited songs and danced to the tunes in praise of Goddess Gouramma. The members of Shankarananda Kalakshetra, the dance school run by one of India’s most eminent and renowned dancers Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant, performed Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.

This one-of-a-kind event in the state and country is said to be organised to bring importance and build back the cultural connection while protecting history and water for future generations.    

“We wanted to connect the culture with the wells. Our project’s main goal is to restore water bodies. Apart from that we also wanted to showcase the picturesque destination. The response was overwhelming,” said Kalpana, who has been instrumental in turning the fate of several water bodies in the city around.

Narayanpet, a border district between Telangana and Karnataka, has a heritage of step wells coming from the Chola Dynasty. Most of them are religious structures, thus have been well preserved and revived.  

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