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21/07/22 04:42 AM IST

Bonalu festival

In News 
  • The southern state of Telanga is presently celebrating the famous Bonalu festival.
  • The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad go through absolute madness during July-August as the annual festival of Bonalu is celebrated with intense fun, frolic and fervour.
About Festival 
  • The festival is dedicated to Goddess Mahakali, thanking her for fulfilling the wishes of her devotees.
  • Bonalu is a popular festival celebrated in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Apart from Yellamma, during the Bonalu festival, the different forms of Mahakali are worshipped, including Mysamma, Dokkalamma, Pedamma, Pochamma, Yellamma, Poleramma and Ankalamma.
  • During this, the devotees offer rice cooked with milk and jaggery in an earthen or brass pot, which is decorated with neem leaves, turmeric and vermilion. Women carry these pots on their heads to temples.
Source- PIB 

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