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Hyderabad: Delhi Public School, Nadergul organised Dasara and Bathukamma festivities virtually for the students of class III with pomp and gaiety. Children vividly showcased talent exhibiting how Bathukamma is prepared. Teachers narrated the essence of Dasara and Bathukamma festivals. Kids were dressed in their best attires, choosing outfits that spoke about their roots and their […]

Hyderabad: The tiny tots of Gitanjali Vedika celebrated Dussehra with great enthusiasm. Dressed in colourful traditional clothes, they sang and danced, accompanied by their parents. The children listened to the stories narrated by the teachers explaining the significance of the festival with rapt attention. They also enjoyed themselves drawing Bathukamma and decorating it. Now you […]

Hyderabad: It is only after the formation of Telangana as a separate State that the festival of Bathukamma is being celebrated officially, with the celebrations now being on a global level, Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said on Tuesday, pointing out that the credit of recognising and promoting the State’s true traditions went to […]

Khammam: Telangana’s State festival Bathukamma has gained international recognition because of the efforts by the TRS government, said TRS Lok Sabha Floor Leader and MP, Nama Nageswara Rao. Extending Bathukamma greetings to all the women in the district, in a statement here on Tuesday, he said with the initiative by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, […]

Hyderabad: Bathukamma is a festival that is celebrated in the State of Telangana. It represents the cultural spirit of the State. Bathukamma means the ‘festival of life’ and is celebrated to thank goddess Parvati for her blessings. This festival originates from a story where the king and queen were finally blessed by a daughter. She […]

Hyderabad: Ace director Gautham Vasudev Menon, who filmed and directed Telangana Jagruthi’s Bathukamma song “Allipoola Vennela,” described Bathukamma as a festival of the women, by the women and for the women. The floral festival has been declared a State festival by the Telangana government. The music for the video song was composed by Oscar winner […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Association of United Kingdom (TAUK) on Sunday celebrated Chenetha Bathukamma and Dasara in London. Non-Resident Indians and Indian community organisation representatives from across the UK attended the event. British MPs Virendra Sharma and Seem Malhotra along with Hounslow Mayor Bishnu Gurung were special guests. TAUK Vice President Shusmuna Reddy said: “As responsible citizens […]

Hyderabad: Setting in the mood for the upcoming Dasara festivities, the Sunday-Funday on Tank Bund was full of color and lights. The heavy rains and thunderstorms that lashed the city during last couple of days did not the deter the spirit of Hyderabad’s denizens who turned up in large numbers to enjoy a relaxed Sunday […]

Hyderabad: Celebrated in the State of Telangana, Bathukamma is a nine-day ‘festival of life’ celebrating Goddess Gauri. On October 7, Pallavi Aware International School had a grand celebration of the festival. The event was inaugurated by Director Anitha Reddy and Principal Sudeshna Mairal, wishing all the gathered a delightful Bathukamma and Navaratri. The name Bathukamma […]

Hyderabad: The ‘Bathukammanu Perchandi – Bangaaram Geluchukondi’ contest organised by Valayam TV has been getting a good response from women. On the third day of the contest, Katta Haritha of Hayatnagar Mandal, Shanti Komati of Vanasthalipuram and Rajani of Karimnagar, have been declared winners and presented silk sarees. Valayam TV invites Telangana women to participate […]

Hyderabad: This Sunday, get ready for some scintillating Garba and Dandiya on the bund road abutting the Hussain Sagar in the heart of the city. In tune with the ongoing Navaratri and Dasara festivities, the activities lined up as part of the Sunday-Funday event at Tank Bund promise to come up with some memorable festive […]

Hundreds of women clad in traditional attire recited songs and danced to the tunes in praise of Goddess Gouramma.

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police Commissioner M.Stephen Raveendra along with his family and families of other police personnel celebrated ‘Bathukamma’ at the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate premises on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Raveendra said Bathukamma festival is a replica of the rich culture and tradition of Telangana. “The festival is celebrated with fervor by the people of […]

Hyderabad: Bathukamma, the festival of colours and melodies that celebrates women as well, began in the city on Wednesday. The celebration of togetherness, a culture and tradition unique to Telangana, saw women coming together with the floral arrangements for the nine-day long festival. In the GHMC limits, Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi, Deputy Mayor Mothe Srilatha […]

Mancherial: Womenfolk who could not celebrate the annual Bathukamma festival last year on account of Covid-19 pandemic, celebrated the floral festival with enthusiasm and in large numbers this year, thanks to the extensive vaccination drive that seems to have kept the spread of Coronavirus under check. After a low-key affair last year, women were excited […]

Hyderabad: It was a Bathukamma festival with a difference on the first day of the nine-day festivities on Wednesday in Huzurabad as the women took part in it with a song that highlighted the anti-people’s and anti-farmer’s policies pursued by the BJP government at the Centre. Bathukamma made with colourful flowers was placed on empty […]

Hyderabad: The children of classes I and II of Delhi Public School, Nacharam celebrated the Bathukamma festival with full glee on October 5. To celebrate the colourful and exclusive festival of Telangana, little ones dressed in traditional attires and displayed beautiful arrangements of flowers which is also called as Bathukamma. A special assembly marked the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday greeted the people on the occasion of the beginning of Bathukamma festival, the symbol of Telangana culture and the State government’s official festival. He said the Telangana women folk and girls will decorate Bathukamma with a variety of flowers and worship nature amidst happiness and fervour. […]

Hyderabad: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan extended wishes and warm greetings to all the women in Telangana State on the commencement of Bathukamma celebrations. “Bathukamma is a very special festival associated with Mother Nature and is essentially a celebration of life by women of Telangana. Bathukamma marks the reunion of families and visit of daughters of the […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that the State government was gifting Bathukamma sarees to women helping them celebrate the floral festival with happiness. He took part in the distribution of Bathukamma sarees at Ellapalli village in Nirmal mandal and participated in a similar event in Nirmal town on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, […]