Telangana’s flower festival Bathukamma went global on Saturday after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa was lit up with colors depicting the festival and state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Thanks to the effort of Nizamabad MLC Kalvakuntala Kavita, people across the world witnessed this visual feast. Roshni’s show was live from 9:30 PM to 10:40 PM IST on various platforms across the world. Slogans like ‘Jai Hind’, ‘Jai Telangana’ and ‘Jai KCR’ were shown during the show on the world’s biggest screen.
The screening of Burj Khalifa featured the map of India, the map of Telangana, the latest Bathukamma song from Telangana Jagriti with ‘Alipula Venela’ featuring CM Chandrashekhar Rao as the heritage of India and Telangana in the background. The song was composed by music maestro AR Rahman and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon.
Along with the poem, TSRTC President Bajireddy Govardhan Reddy, Rajya Sabha member KR Suresh Reddy, MLAs A Jeevan Reddy, J. Surendra, Shakeel Ahmed and Dr. Sanjay participated.
Bathukamma, Telangana State Festival
Bathukamma is mainly a festival of Telangana region. The villages of Krishna district, which shares its border with Telangana, also celebrate this festival with the same grandeur.
The celebration of Bathukamma lasts for 10 days till Dussehra. Bathukamma means ‘goddess of life’ and on this occasion women decorate a special pot with seasonal flowers.
The utensils are filled with prasad for the goddess, and a procession is also taken out in the village.
During the nine days of the festival, women come together in groups and create ornate piles using flowers such as celosia, senna, marigold, lotus, cucurbita and cucumis.
This heap is called Bathukamma and represents Goddess Maha Gauri and is worshiped for nine days. On the last day of the festival, Bathukamma is immersed in water bodies.
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