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Hyderabad: A local court in the city on Friday sentenced 12 persons for harassing women during the Lal Darwaza bonalu which was recently celebrated. They were sentenced for a period between 2 to 10 days. All were aged between 19 and 32 years. “People, especially women celebrate bonalu with utmost devotion and in large numbers. […]

Hyderabad: As the clouds cleared up and the rains stopped for the day, a large number of people participated in the Bonalu procession taken out from Lal Darwaza in the old city on Monday. The procession culminated on a peaceful note under the watchful eyes of around 4,500 policemen. The elephant procession from the Akkanna […]

Hyderabad: Heavy police deployment was made at Mekala Banda in Lal Darwaza to avoid a repeat of last year’s clashes between two families over who would become the Pothuraju during Bonalu. Senior police officials including DCP (South) P Sai Chaitanya, Additional DCP B Anand and teams of the City Rapid Action Force, Task Force and […]

Mancherial: The annual Gandhari Maisamma Bonalu festival was celebrated with religious gaiety and pomp at Sri Gandhari Maisamma temple on the outskirts of Bokkalagutta village in Mandamarri mandal on the busy Mancherial-Asifabad national highway on Sunday. Facing a drizzle, around 50,000 devotees from various parts of the district visited the temple and offered special prayers. […]

Hyderabad: All wine and toddy shops including bars in restaurants will remain closed in the West and East Zones of the Hyderabad City Police limits from 6 am on Sunday to 6 am on Monday. In the South Zone, they will remain closed from 6 am on Sunday until 6 am on Tuesday in view […]

Hyderabad: The police have made elaborate security arrangements for the smooth conduct of Bonalu celebrations on Sunday and Monday in the city. Around 4,000 policemen will be deployed in the south zone alone for security arrangements on both the days with senior police officials monitoring the proceedings from Charminar police station. Since Sunday morning, special […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad traffic police announced traffic diversions near Mahankali temple in Amberpet from 6 am on Sunday till 6 am on Tuesday in connection with the Bonalu celebrations. All district buses, city buses and heavy vehicles coming from Uppal towards Amberpet will be diverted at Uppal crossroads via Habsiguda – Tarnaka – Adikmet – […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad traffic police announced traffic restrictions at Lower Tank Bund on Monday between 3 pm and 9 pm in connection with the Bonalu festival celebrations. Accordingly, traffic coming from Iqbal Minar towards Kattamaisamma temple will not be allowed on Telugu Thalli flyover and diverted towards Telugu Thalli junction. Traffic will not be allowed […]

Zee Telugu has been keeping its viewers entertained with a slew of unique concepts and shows, including ‘Mahasangamam’ episodes. In fact, it is always exciting for the audience to watch their favourite characters from two different shows sharing the screen in such episodes. With Bonalu just around the corner, viewers were quite keen on watching […]

Hyderabad: Starting the early hour of Sunday, devotees in large numbers started to queue up at Ujjaini Mahakali temple, Secunderabad, to be part of Bonalu festivities. Clad in traditional attire’s and carrying bonam offering, the devotees came from different parts of the city and suburbs. Minister T Srinivas Yadav offered the first bonam to the […]

Hyderabad: As the Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad is all set to celebrate Bonalu on Sunday and Monday, City Police Commissioner CV Anand visited the temple on Saturday to review the security arrangements. It is expected that around eight lakh devotees will visit the temple during the festivities. Anand, along with Additional Commissioner (Law & […]

Hyderabad: The Bonalu celebrations in city’s IT corridor, popularly known as ‘IT Bonalu’, was celebrated at the world’s largest innovation centre T- Hub 2.0, on Sunday. The premises wore a festive look with ‘thottalu’, bonams and pothrajus. A rally was also organised from T- Hub 2.0 to the Chinna Peddamma Temple located near Cyber Towers […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner, CV Anand, asked the police officials to maintain a strict vigil at the checkposts to curb illegal cattle trade in the city ahead of the Eid ul Adha. At a video conference with officials up to the police station level, he directed them to maintain a strict vigil at check posts, […]

London: The Telangana Association of United Kingdom (TAUK) organised Bonalu celebrations on a grand scale in the auditorium of the Isleworth and Syon School in West London on Tuesday with more than 1000 NRI families from various parts of the UK attending the event bringing a festive look to West London. Indian origin local MPs […]

Hyderabad: For the smooth conduct of Bonalu festival in the old city, elaborate arrangements will be made by the State government with an estimated cost of Rs 70 crore. In the old city, Bonalu will be celebrated on July 24. Among others, illumination, 3D mapping to scale up the security arrangements, medical camps, adequate drinking […]

Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand visited the Sree Jagadamba Mahankali temple at Golconda and reviewed arrangements on Thursday for the Bonalu festival. The Commissioner interacted with the temple authorities and supervised the barricading, illumination, accessibility at counters and queues during the festival period. He requested the temple management to alert the control room being […]

Hyderabad: The State government is making all required arrangements to ensure this year’s Ashada Bonalu festivities are celebrated on a grand scale, Animal Husbandry Minister, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, said. The festivities will commence on June 30 at Jagadamba Mahankali temple, Golconda. The Minister, who, accompanied by Karwan MLA, Kausar Mohiuddin and senior officials from various […]

Hyderabad: The annual Bonalu festivities this year will commence with Golconda Bonalu on June 30, followed by Secunderabad on July 17 and Hyderabad Bonalu on July 24. The works related to smooth conduct of Golconda Bonalu will commence on June 21 in the presence of Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Yadav and a meeting to […]

Hyderabad: The majestic elephant ‘Sudha Rani’, who had participated in the religious events of Muharram and Bonalu in Hyderabad in the last few years, passed away in the early hours of Monday in Karnataka. The elephant was aged around 60 years. The mahout, Nazeer, speaking to Telangana Today from Belagavi district in Karnataka, said that […]

The word Bonam means Bhojanam. It is an offering to the Mother Goddess