Hyderabad: A large number of women devotees took out a massive rally from LB Stadium to Tank Bund in the city as part of Maha Bathukamma celebrations here on Sunday.
LB Stadium to Tank Bund got off to a colourful start with women enthusiastically participating in the festivities across the state.
"This is the biggest festival celebrated in the state of Telangana. After the formation of the state, Bathukamma was declared as the state festival. It is a 9-days festival where girls and women of different age dance with enthusiasm and excitement in front of Bathukamma," All Yadav Women Wing Chairperson Bonthu Sridevi Yadav told.
Women were seen celebrating the festival and dancing on the road.
Jhanvi, a devotee at the rally said, "The processions started from LB stadium and ends at Tank Bund' People from the different districts came here on this occasion to participate in the Bathukamma celebration."
The festivities were held at the offices of the district collectors and at the residences of ministers, legislators, and ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders.
Telangana Jagruthi president and MP K. Kavita participated in the festivities at Narsampeta in Warangal district. She said Bathukamma played a key role in the movement for separate Telangana state.
The colourful festival is celebrated by womenfolk with exotic flowers from the region.
They make small Bathukammas, play around them every evening for a week and immerse them in a nearby water pond.
On the last day, menfolk of the house go into the wild plains and gather the flowers. The entire household sits down to arrange them in stacks. The Bathukamma is then placed before the family deity and prayers are offered. It is later immersed in water.
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