About bhathukamma in 10 points
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✨Bathukamma is a colorful floral festival of Telangana and is celebrated by the women of Telangana with exotic flowers of the region.
✨The festival has over the years became a symbol of Telangana culture and identity.
✨Bathukamma comes during the latter half of monsoon, before the onset of winter.
✨The monsoon rains usually bring plenty of water into the ponds, tanks of Telangana and it is also the time when wild flowers bloom in various vibrant colors across the uncultivated and barren plains of the region.
✨The most abundant of these flowers are ‘gunuka’ and ‘tangedu’. There are other flowers like the ‘banti’, ‘chamanti’, ‘nandi-vardhanam’ etc.
✨ Amidst these, Bathukamma is celebrated by the womenfolk of Telangana, heralding the beauty of vibrant nature in multitudinous flowers.
✨The flowers are carefully arranged row after row in a brass plate in circular rows and in alternate colors to make it look beautiful.
✨The white flowers are colored using water paints and Bathukamma gets colorful circular layers.
✨The Bathukamma is then placed before the family deity and prayers are offered.
✨ In the evening, the women and all the girls dress colorfully and place the Bathukamma. The women of neighborhood also gather in a large circle around it. They start singing songs by making rounds around them repeatedly.
