Bathukamma festival

Why in news?

• The Hindu festival of Bathukamma in Telangana coincides with the Navratri. The festival celebrated the human relationship with the Earth and water, the givers of life.

About Bathukamma festival:

• Bathukamma is a colourful floral festival of Telangana and is celebrated by womenfolk with exotic flowers of the region.
• The most abundant of these flowers are – ‘gunuka’ and ‘tangedu’.
• The flowers are carefully arranged row after row in a brass plate (called ‘taambalam’) in circular rows and in alternate colours. The womenfolk carry them on their heads and move as a procession towards a bigger water body near the village or town. Then, ‘Bathukammalu’ are slowly immersed into the water.
• Women make ‘boddemma’ (a deity of Gowri ‘mother Durga’ made with earthly mud) along with Bathukamma and immerse it in the pond. This helps reinforce the ponds and helps it retain more water.
• The flowers used in the festival have a great quality of purifying water in ponds and tanks and are environment-friendly.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Consider the following pairs:

Festivals                   : State/UTs

1. Bathukamma                        : Karnataka

2. Behdienkhlam       : Meghalaya

3. Yaoshang                : Manipur

Which of the pair given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1 and 3 only

               C

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