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Hyderabad: Telangana Bathukamma festival has set two Guinness World records on Monday, including a 63.11 feet tall Bathukamma and a mass dance event with 1,354 women dancing together. Thousands of women gathered at the Saroornagar stadium to perform the Guinness World Records event in Saddula Bathukamma, the last day of the festival paying respect to Goddesses Bathukamma with different kinds of flowers. The reigning Miss World Opal Sucheta was also present in the event adding special attraction. All together, 10,000 women walked around Bathukamma singing songs, while the Guinness Book representatives recorded the details and later announced the results. The height of the Bathukamma was 63.11 feet, width of 36 feet, eleven layers. About 01.7 tonnes of flowers of different kind were used in the Bathukamma. The officials said that this was made possible by 300 persons working for three days. The officials organized the Maha Bathukamma program with great pomp. The women were seen rhythmically dancing Bathukamma around a 66.5-foot giant Bathukamma at the same time, creating another Guinness record. The officials have taken up the Maha Bathukamma program with the aim of getting a place in the Guinness records by dancing Bathukamma with ten thousand people at the same time. To this extent, Maha Bathukamma has surpassed the expectations of the officials and has won two Guinness record. Ministers Jupally Krishna Rao Dhanasari Anasuya (Seethakka) have congratulated the women for the achievement of two Guinness World records.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday extended heartfelt greetings to the women in Telangana on the occasion of Saddula Bathukamma festival. He said Telangana was blessed with a great culture of worshipping nature and flowers during Saddula Bathukamma, which is decorated with a stack of flowers. Women dance and sing traditional folk songs in unison during the celebrations. "The festival is a testament to the collective way of life of Telangana and the unity of the people who share hardships and joys together," he said. Apart from showcasing the cultural grandeur of the unity o ...Read More >
Karimnagar: The state government is making significant progress in tackling the unemployment problem, while simultaneously fostering regional development, said irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Karimnagar district in-charge, here on Monday. He was addressing a rally that was taken out by the Congress for the Graduate MLC seat candidate V. Narendar Reddy from SRR College grounds to the collectorate, where he filed his nomination papers. Present on the occasion were TPCC chief B. Mahesh Kumar, ministers Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha, Seethakka and Jupally Krish ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hundreds of people took part in the Bathukamma carnival hosted by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) at Tank Bund on Saturday evening, as part of the Dasara celebrations. The event showcased Telangana's cultural heritage and promoted the festival's tourism potential.The main attraction was a Bathukamma rally, accompanied by several highlights, including a floating Bathukamma on Hussainsagar that lit up the waters and drew loud cheers from the crowd. Food stalls ser ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that the Amberpet constituency will get a "Mini-Secretariat", with all government and administrative offices under one roof. Speaking at the inauguration of the Bathukammakunta lake on Sunday, which was recently revived by HYDRAA, amid cheers from thousands of women, Revanth Reddy said: "When we were setting up HYDRAA, many people gave different opinions and statements against it. We crossed every single hurdle, and the restoration of Bathukammakunta is the best example for that." Revanth Reddy prayed at the lake and celebrated Bathuk ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bathukamma, the floral festival that embodies the cultural spirit of Telangana, is being celebrated with grandeur across the state. On the last day of the festival, all the women gather together and celebrate by dancing and singing around the 'Bathukamma', a floral representation of the mother goddess. The Bathukamma program organised at the Saroornagar ground in Hyderabad has set two Guinness World Records: the largest folk dance and the largest Bathukamma. The Telangana government organised the Bathukamma program at the Saroornagar Stadium on Monday, aiming to set a Guinness Wor ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a move loaded with political messaging, the Congress govt in Telangana expanded its cabinet on Sunday by inducting only Scheduled Caste (SC) and Backward Class (BC) legislators. The decision, party leaders said, was aimed at reinforcing the govt's commitment to social justice and marginalised communities. It also aligns with the party's recent legislative efforts, including two significant bills proposing 42% reservation for BCs in education, employment, and elected bodies, and another bill enabling sub-categorisation within SCs -- both of which signal the Congress's intent to ca ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: For the first time since the formation of the state, political parties cutting across ideologies, including the Congress, its alliance partners CPI and CPM, the opposition BRS and BJP, and several other organisations such as employees' unions, BC organisations, and student outfits like AIOBCA, participated in the 'Telangana Bandh' on Saturday, demanding 42% reservations for BCs. While the early hours saw the shutdown of various commercial establishments, normalcy began to return by the afternoon. The TGRTC, which had suspended services in the morning, resumed operations later in th ...Read More >