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05/11/22 01:00 AM IST

Bonalu celebrations

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  • Rahul Gandhi joins Telangana’s traditional Bonalu festival and picked up a heavy rope and whipped himself as he donned the avatar of ‘potharaju”.
Bonalu Festival 
  • Potharaju, a key figure in the Bonalu festival, is the fearsome brother of the goddess Mahankali, who wields a whip to protect the goddess.
  • During Bonalu, women walk in procession to temples led by 'potharaju' who violently dances to loud drum beats and whips the crowd with his ropes.
  • Potharaju is considered to be the brother of seven sister goddesses — different forms of the goddess Mahankali.
  • Bonalu involves the worship of the Mother Goddess in regional forms like Maisamma, Pochamma, Yellamma, Peddhamma, Dokkalamma, Ankalamma, Poleramma, Maremma, Nookalamma .
Source - India Today 

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