RAJANNA-SIRCILLA, OCTOBER 01, 2024: As a prelude to the ensuing Bathukamma festival, the students of Government Degree College, Gambhiraopeta, of Rajanna Sircilla district celebrated Bathukamma festivities on Tuesday, amid much pomp and gaiety.
Students and teachers arrived in their best attire and participated in the celebrations. The students and teachers arranged various flowers in conical shapes to make Batukammas with traditional flowers like Gunugu, Thagedu Gummadi, Pattukuchulu and others. The girl students and women teachers dressed in traditional clothes kept Bathukammas in the centre and danced around by singing traditional songs and playing dandiyas and kolatams. Later, the students presented the specialness of the Dussehra festivals and Navaratri celebrations of Goddess Durga through their dances and dramas dressed as Navadurgas.
Commemorating this occasion, Principal V Vijaya Lakshmi said that this festival, which is celebrated with joy to make life better for all of us by decorating Bathukammalu with various flowers that add beauty to nature, praised the culture of Telangana. She also spoke and explained the uniqueness of Bathukamma festival and the manner of celebration. Faculty memberse Y Anjaneyulu, Adi Vishnu, Shravan, KV Bixmaiah, B Srinivas, Manoar, Sucharan Krishna Prasad, Srinivas Laxmi, Lavanya, Kavitha, Jyothi, Bhargavi, Deepika, Mahesh, Sadanandam, Jahangir, Nadeem, Ramuly, Jgannathanam and others were also present.
