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  • Saddula Bathukamma

    Saddula Bathukamma

    https://parwatisingari.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/bathukammadurgashtami/ The ninth day of Bathukamma is also the last day of the festival and is called Saddula Bathukamma.  On this day the Bathukamma is immersed into the water. Conical creations of cow dung decorated with flowers is the Bathukamma, this is a folk art. The immersion is done with great devotion, accompanied by rhythmic…

  • Bathukamma@Durgashtami.

    Bathukamma@Durgashtami.

    Sometime back I was researching the nature related festivals in southern India.  The floral tributes of Onam ruled the roast, somewhere between the lots I found a lesser known festival of Telangana One very interesting festival I came across was called the Bathukamma, and it is celebrated in the state of Telangana. This is a…