Wearing face mask, women in their traditional attire gathered in large numbers in open areas with Bathukamma in diverse patterns and sizes and participated in the festival
Hyderabad/Sydney: Sydney Velama parivar celebrated Batukamma festival with fervour at Carlingford in Sydney, Australia on Saturday. Following Covid restrictions, the Velama Parivar arranged Bathukamma with colourful flowers and the women performed “aata paata” around it. Children also joined the celebrations enthusiastically and participated in the festivities. Celebrations started in the early afternoon and continued well […]
Farmers who go for plantation of Sitamma Jada crop this time avoided it anticipating that there may not be much demand for this variety of flower due to pandemic. A majority of the farmers did not sow the crop.
Hyderabad: On the eve of Bathukamma 2020 festival, a Bathukamma painting competition is being conducted for boys and girls in different categories of 5 to 10 years (junior) and 10 to 15 years (seniors). First prize is Rs.20,000, second prize is Rs.15,000 and third prize is Rs.10,000 and consolation prizes of Rs.1000 for ten participants […]
He was speaking after distributing Bathukamma sarees to the beneficiaries of Palakurthy, Devaruppula and Kodakandla mandals in the district along with District Collector K Nikhila at a function hall at Palakurthy
The State government has spent Rs 317.81 crore to distribute more than one crore sarees to women aged above 18 years and having white ration cards in the State.
MLAs, MPs, local corporators along with other elected public representatives will be distributing the sarees in respective divisions duly following the covid guidelines.
