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Plate F · AMMABathukammaबतुकम्मा

URN · bathukamma

Festivals · 9 days

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बतुकम्मा

Bathukamma

Pañcāṅga rule

Lunar — Bhadrapada · krishna pakṣa · tithi 1

Duration · 9 days

ISynopsis

Telangana's most beloved festival — women arrange stacked floral towers (bathukamma) of seasonal flowers including senna, marigold and balsam, and dance around them singing folk songs. On the ninth day the flower towers are immersed in water. State festival of Telangana. Celebrates nature, womanhood and the goddess Gauri-Lakshmi.

Provenance ledger

9 entries

  1. RecurrenceLunar — Bhadrapada · krishna pakṣa · tithi 1 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
  2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
  3. Name (eng/Latn)Bathukammatextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)बतुकम्माtextual
  5. Name (tel/Telu)బతుకమ్మtextual
  6. Name (tam/Taml)பத்துகம்மாtextual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ಬತುಕಮ್ಮtextual
  8. Name (mal/Mlym)ബതുകമ്മtextual
  9. Observed at80 templescommunity attested

IIIObserved at

80 attested
  • Temple 0aea21b3deity-festival association
  • Temple 6a07e50cdeity-festival association
  • Temple 027ab923deity-festival association
  • Temple 2722e575deity-festival association
  • Temple 145715d5deity-festival association
  • Temple 341c839adeity-festival association
  • Temple 7cfca332deity-festival association
  • Temple 94601337deity-festival association
  • Temple 044b692bdeity-festival association
  • Temple 0e703e86deity-festival association
  • Temple 8a923cf4deity-festival association
  • Temple 46d6174edeity-festival association
  • And 68 more temples in the register.

IVNames across registers

  • eng / LatnBathukammaTelangana's most beloved festival — women arrange stacked floral towers (bathukamma) of seasonal flowers including senna, marigold and balsam, and dance around them singing folk songs. On the ninth day the flower towers are immersed in water. State festival of Telangana. Celebrates nature, womanhood and the goddess Gauri-Lakshmi.
  • hin / Devaबतुकम्मा
  • tel / Teluబతుకమ్మతెలంగాణ పువ్వుల పండుగ. నవరాత్రి వేళ మహిళలు పువ్వులతో బతుకమ్మ అలంకరించి పాడతారు.
  • tam / Tamlபத்துகம்மா
  • kan / Kndaಬತುಕಮ್ಮ
  • mal / Mlymബതുകമ്മ
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