Tourist
Place: Telangana State.
Visiting Place:
Bathukamma .
About Bathukamma:
Bathukamma is a one of the mainly special festivals of Telangana celebrated by
women for nine days for the period of Navaratri. It begins on Mahalaya Amawasya
and ends on Ashwayuja Ashtami which is two days before Dasara festival. It respects goddess Gauri `life-giver’ on the
name of Bathukamma and with women looking for her blessings for success and an
auspicious year. Colors, flowers and water
are all significant essential parts to the festival; and the goddess herself is
not one fixed in a holy place but made of flowers that signify both life and
eternity in their colors as well as temporary.For, the goddess is
`created’ each year, and immersed Drowned on the final day of the festival in
local water.
Long ago the Chola Dynasty
King by name Dharmangada available to rule South India. Later than a lot of
prayers and rituals, his wife gave birth to deity Lakshmi. Baby Lakshmi get
through so many incidents. Thus, the couples named her Batukamma (Batuku =
life, Amma= suffix to female names and mother). Ever since Batukamma event is
celebrated by youthful girls and women in Telangana area. Which is a very unique
festival that celebrated by Telangana people simply is called Bathukamma
pandaga, it comes earlier than Dasara. The Women and young girls make part of
this event Bathukamma with lot of flowers and put them around in their
compounds and play the songs by rounding those Bathukamma.
Flowers are arranged on a cover or square
made of wood board or a rectangle cane frame in a conical layout. On the top,
gymnasium of a pumpkin flower or a cone made of turmeric to correspond to
Batukamma is situated. This flower-patterned collection is shrine as Goddess
Batukamma. This festival is mainly famous by young girls, though men and women
also contribute in electing and arranging the flowers as Batukamma.During these ten days every
evening, devotees residing in the area bring together at one place; generally
someone's residence or close by temple or a lake or a river. In some districts,
clay idol, known as Boddemma, is fixed and holy in the house or at a position
in the township. Girls dance in the region of Boddemma and Bathukammalu and
sing songs of Batukamma. After the play and prayer, these Batukammalu are left
at the temple or immersed in the lake or river or pond. This continues for nine
days with every evening final as a communal get together. On the final day,
everyone in the town goes to the nearest river or lake or pond, where the most
beautiful and largest floral Bathukammalu are brought and floated. The view
looks charming with flowers of dissimilar colors floating on the water.
Especially young girls in large persons contribute in the festival.
The flower outline is
distinctive and yellow Telangana national tree (Tangedu) flowers are at the
bottom. The roof that is white flowers and
Marigold acts as the cover up for the Bathukamma.Bathukamma is a heap of
good-looking flowers set in seven middle layers in the shape of a cone shape.
They arrange them on a broad plate in a conical mound. The folks ladies who
contribute in the event dress up in their best, wearing customary Silk Sarees and
jeweler and Young girls also join. They wear the customary dress of the area
and dance around them while singing essence inspiring Bathukamma folk songs.
Synchronizing steps and claps in union supply a good look to the festivities.
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