{"id":66127,"date":"2025-10-02T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66127"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:11:00","slug":"bathukamma-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bathukamma-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathukamma Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bathukamma Festival Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, in Telangana, the celebrations of Bathukamma Festival, organised by the state Government, have set two new Guinness World Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bathukamma Festival<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bathukamma is a floral festival celebrated by the <\/span><b>women folk of Telangana.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>History Behind Bathukamma<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201cBathukamma\u201d translates to <\/span><b>\u201cMother Goddess Come Alive\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reflecting the divine feminine energy and protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folklore connects the festival to legends of Goddess Gauri and her miraculous survival as well as King Dhramangada and Queen Satyavati of the <\/span><b>Chola dynasty.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kakatiya-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Kakatiya dynasty<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emphasized Bathukamma as a celebration of feminine strength and agricultural prosperity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year this festival is celebrated usually in <\/span><b>September\u2013October of the Gregorian calendar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is celebrated for nine days <\/span><b>during Durga Navratri <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the 9-day festivities will culminate on &#8220;<\/span><b>Saddula Bathukamma&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or &#8220;Pedda Bathukamma&#8221; festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bathukamma is <\/span><b>followed by Boddemma,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a 7-day festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been <\/span><b>declared as the Telangana State Festival.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/telanganas-bathukamma-festival-creates-two-guinness-world-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News On Air<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bathukamma Festival is a floral festival celebrated by the women folk of Telangana. 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