Bathukamma

Bathukamma, literally a celebration of life is an important part of the cultural renaissance movement of Telangana the youngest state of Indian Republic. Accorded as the state festival Bathukamma is celebrated primarily by women which starts with colorful flowers that grow exclusively in each region and culminates in a water body. This festival is truly a symbol of Telangana's cultural identity and is a unique tribute to nature which is vibrant and colorful.

Celebrated during Navarathris for 9 days, Bathukamma comes every year during the latter half of the monsoon, and begins on the day of Bhadrapada / Mahalaya Amavasya and concludes on Ashwayuja Asthami, based on the lunar calendar just before the onset of Winter. This festival honours goddess Gouri on the name of Bathukamma where the women seek her blessings for prosperity and good health. Started centuries ago Bathukamma is celebrated as a grand cultural event even today in the region.

Colors, Flowers and water are all intrinsic to the festival which celebrates the inherent relationship between earth, water and the human beings. During the entire preceding week, women make 'boddemma' (a deity of Gowri - mother Durga - made with earthly mud) along with Bathukamma and placed on top of conical flower arrangements that signify both life and eternity in their colours. The goddess is created each year and immersed dyring the 10th day of the festival in local water bodies.

The monsoon rains usually brings plenty of water into the fresh water ponds and it is also the time when wild flowers bloom in various vibrant colours all across the uncultivated and narrein plains of the region. The most abundant of these are 'gunuka poolu' and 'tangedi poolu'. There are other flowers too like the banti, chemanti, nandivardhanam, katla, beera, etc. which add up to the beauty of this colorful festival.

Bathukamma，从字面上生命的庆典是特兰伽纳印度共和国最年轻的国家的文化复兴运动的重要组成部分。给予为国家节日Bathukamma是由妇女主要是庆祝其开始与五颜六色的鲜花，在每个地区只增长和​​达到高潮的水体。这个节日是真正的特兰伽纳的文化身份的象征，是一个独特的赞颂自然是充满活力，多姿多彩。

Navarathris在庆祝9天，Bathukamma来每年都在后季风的一半，并开始对Bhadrapada / Mahalaya Amavasya的一天，结束在Ashwayuja Asthami的基础上，只是在冬季来临前的农历。这个节日荣誉女神Gouri上Bathukamma那里的女人追求她的祝福，繁荣和健康的名字。入门世纪前Bathukamma是即使在今天庆祝一个盛大的文化活动在该地区。

颜色，花和水都是固有的庆祝大地，水与人类之间的内在关系的节日。在整个前一周，女性'boddemma“（Gowri的神 - 母亲杜尔加 - 与地上的泥制）以及Bathukamma，放在那意味着生命和永恒在他们的颜色锥形插花顶部。女神是每年创造和沉浸dyring当地水体节的第10天。

季风降雨往往会带来大量的水进入清水池塘，这也是当时野花盛开在各种鲜艳的色彩都在该地区的荒地和narrein平原。最丰富的，这些都是“gunuka poolu'和'tangedi poolu”。还有其他的花太像班蒂，chemanti，nandivardhanam，卡特拉火山，比拉等，这些加起来就是这个丰富多彩的节日的美丽。