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Batakamma Festival
Batakamma is the most popular festival throughout Teleangana
and some parts of Rayalaseema. It commences on the first day of
the lunar month, Aswayuja and ends on Mahamavami one day before Dussehra.
This is in worship of goddess
Lakshmi born as Batakamma. Every house wife, after taking bath arranges
different kinds of flowers of various colours in the shape of a stupa
on a platter of reeds or bamboo or brass and on the top goddess Lakshmi
in turmeric is installed. This is called Batakamma. After puja,
it is kept in a corner of a room and during evening all the house wives
dressed in clothes and finely carry the Batakamma by turns either to
a temple or lake or river side. All the images are placed on even ground
and the women folk singing songs and clapping their hands, bending and
rising move in a circle around them. Lastly they float the images of
turmeric in the water with devotional singing. The festival goes
on for nine days and the last day of the festival is called Chaddula
Batakamma. |
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