CELEBRATION TIME: Women taking part in Bathukamma festival in Karimnagar. — Photo R. Raju

KARIMNAGAR: Elaborate arrangements are being made for the customary Bathukamma festival which would be held on September 30 in Karimnagar town. The district administration and the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation authorities are making all efforts to ensure a smooth sail for the festival in the town.

The main festival would be held at Tower Circle, Chintakunta, Markandeyanagar Colony, Jyothinagar, Mankamm athota, Baghathnagar . The immersion of Bathukamma would be at Manakondur tank, LMD reservoir, Chintakunta canal .

Arrangements

The authorities are erecting barricades, lighting system and public address system to regulate traffic and also guide people for immersion of the Bathukamma. District Collector M. V. Satyanarayana, Mayor D. Shankar, Municipal Commissioner G. Rami Reddy, RDO Prasada Rao and others visited the main spots.

The Bathukamma is a traditional festival of the Telangana region celebrated during the Dasara. As part of it, women decorate flowers in a conical shape and place a lamp on it. Flowers like marigold, thangedu and gunugu find a definite place in the Bathukamma arrangement. Later, all the Bathukamma would be placed at central place like a temple in the locality. Women circle round the Bathukamma cluster and belting rustic numbers, they clap and swerve to the rhythm of the songs.

Later, the Bathukamma are immersed in a nearby lake. Haldi-kumkum and prasadam are exchanged on the shores of the tank. Adiue is bid to Goddess Gauri.

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