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Plate F · NALUBonaluबोनालु

URN · bonalu

Festivals · 30 days

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बोनालु

Bonalu

Pañcāṅga rule

Lunar — Ashadha-Shravana · shukla pakṣa · tithi ?

Duration · 30 days

ISynopsis

Telangana and Hyderabad's festival of the Gram Devatas (village goddesses). Women carry clay pots of cooked rice (bonam/bhojan) as offerings on their heads to Mahankali, Yellamma and other local goddess temples. Processions of potharaju dancers precede the goddess. The Golconda and Lal Darwaza Mahankali temples see lakhs of devotees.

Provenance ledger

9 entries

  1. RecurrenceLunar — Ashadha-Shravana · shukla pakṣa · tithi ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
  2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
  3. Name (eng/Latn)Bonalutextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)बोनालुtextual
  5. Name (tel/Telu)బోనాలుtextual
  6. Name (tam/Taml)போனாலுtextual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ಬೋನಾಲುtextual
  8. Name (mal/Mlym)ബോനാലുtextual
  9. Observed at100 templescommunity attested

IIIObserved at

100 attested
  • Temple 1ad852cfdeity-festival association
  • Temple 07c10297deity-festival association
  • Temple 0ec05917deity-festival association
  • Temple 104da4d7deity-festival association
  • Temple 1f511b0adeity-festival association
  • Temple 24cf5c96deity-festival association
  • Temple 164764f6deity-festival association
  • Temple 279f5fbadeity-festival association
  • Temple 1bec7171deity-festival association
  • Temple 0e0f3184deity-festival association
  • Temple 11658474deity-festival association
  • Temple 11c31d79deity-festival association
  • And 88 more temples in the register.

IVNames across registers

  • eng / LatnBonaluTelangana and Hyderabad's festival of the Gram Devatas (village goddesses). Women carry clay pots of cooked rice (bonam/bhojan) as offerings on their heads to Mahankali, Yellamma and other local goddess temples. Processions of potharaju dancers precede the goddess. The Golconda and Lal Darwaza Mahankali temples see lakhs of devotees.
  • hin / Devaबोनालुतेलंगाना में देवी महाकाली को भोग अर्पण का उत्सव। हैदराबाद, वारंगल और सिकंदराबाद में प्रमुख जुलूस।
  • tel / Teluబోనాలుతెలంగాణలో మహాకాళి అమ్మవారికి భోజన నివేదన పండుగ. హైదరాబాద్‌లో ఘనంగా జరుపుకుంటారు.
  • tam / Tamlபோனாலு
  • kan / Kndaಬೋನಾಲು
  • mal / Mlymബോനാലു
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