Undeterred by intermittent rains, the womenfolk participated in festivities with zeal
KARIMNAGAR, OCTOBER 10, 2024: The nine-day Bathukamma festivities, the festival of flowers, was concluded on Thursday evening with much pomp and gaiety. Undeterred by the intermittent rains, the womenfolk actively participated in the festivities with enthusiasm.
Stated to be the biggest festival for women in the Telangana region, they participated in the festival by worshipping Goddess Gauri. The womenfolk, after decorating the Bathukamma by placing various varieties of flowers such as tangedu, gunugu, marigold, chrysanthemum, lotus, etc. on a conical platform, place Goddess Gauri.
Some of the women made Bathukammas of various shapes and sizes like a Shiva lingam, kalasham, Goddess Durga, and decorated and illuminated them by placing lamps. Dressed in their best attire and jewellery, they participated in the celebrations by singing songs by placing Bathukammas at a centre in various localities. Collector Pamela Satpathy also participated in the festivities in Karimnagar town.
Minister for Transport and BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar participated in Bathukamma festivities by visiting several villages of the Husnabad constituency.
After the singing and dancing, they immersed the Bathukammas in the Lower Manair Dam (LMD) reservoir waters in the night. Later, the womenfolk distributed vermillion, turmeric and sweets specially prepared for this festival and prayed to the Goddess to come early next year.
