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A devotee of Hindu goddess Kali, smeared in color, performs a ritual during the Bonalu festival at the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, July 11, 2021. Bonalu is a month-long Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region dedicated to Kali. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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THE BONALU OF TELANGANA STATE IS HERE !

One of the central tenets of Hinduism is the concept of the Shakti, the feminine energy embodied by the universal mother who is revered in various forms across India. Currently, the mother goddess is being celebrated in the southern state of Telangana with an array of rituals that comprise the festival of Bonalu dedicated to Goddess Mahankali.The word ‘Bonalu’ means a meal or a feast in Telugu. It signifies the offering of rice cooked in milk and jaggery in new earthen pots which are presented to the goddess along with vermillion, turmeric, and bangles. The Annual Festival of Bonalu is celebrated predominently in the Twin cities of Hyderabad & secunderabad of the Telangana state of India.The festival is also the state festival of Telangana ,& celebrated with much pomp and splendour throughout the Region.In Hyderabad and Secunderabad in Telangana, Bonalu is dedicated to Mother Goddess (Shakti) and is observed in the month of Ashada (July – August). This festival is observed on in the temples of Telangana on the Sundays, in particular, in the Ashada month (June – July) and is a month long festival . LOCAL FOLKLORE HAS IT THAT,EACH SUNDAY WHEN WOMEN ALL OVER THE TWIN CITIES HEAD OVER TO OFFER THEIR "BONAM" TO THE MOTHER GODDESS ,IT RAINS WITHOUT FAIL- AN INDICATION THAT THE MOTHER HAS DESCENDED TO RECEIVE THE OFFERINGS OF HER DEVOTEES.

  In 2017 Bonalu is presently being celebrated - from the 25th of June and ends on 20th July. The dates of Bonalu is June 25, July 2, July 9 and July 16.

HISTORY : 

In 1817 a Plague disease broke out in Twin Cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad taking thousands of lives. Earlier the dieties of Hindu gods were abolished by Muslim rulers. The locals prayed to the Mother Goddess in Mahankaali Temple of Ujjain ,in maharashtra state of India, saying that if people were saved from the epidemic they would install the idol of Mahankali back in their city. The plague was eventually gone and It is believed by the devotees that goddess Durga/Mahankaali destroyed the disease. The Hindu deities were installed back in the temples and people started celebrating the festival every year since that year.It is believed that the Goddess comes back to her maternal home during Ashada Maasam, so people come to see her and bring offerings of food to show their love and affection, just as they would prepare a special meal when their own daughters visit them.

CELEBRATIONS & MUCH MORE ...

On the auspicious festival day people wake up early and finish their regular activities. People will do head bath and wear new clothes especially ladies then they will buy new pot, in new pot they will cook pongal and rice in it, then they will decorate pot with kadi, pasupu (Turmeric) and kunkuma (Kumkum) then they will cover the pot with lid, after place some neem leaves and will make lid as a lamp. This is called as Bonam Jyothi. Some women dance with balancing pots, to the rhythmic beats of drums in honor of the local Goddess. In Olden Days people used to sacrifice a buffalo, Goat, Sheep in front of the temple. The Goddess temples have names such as Mysamma, Pochamma, Yellamma, Pedamma, Dokkalamma, Ankalamma, Poleramma, Maremma, Pochamma, Maramma, Yellammma, Nookalamma etc.

Special poojas are performed for goddess Yellamma(also known as Jagadamba) during the first and last day of the festival.The Word Bonalu came from "Bhojanalu" meaning food, which is offered to the goddess during festival time. The festival is considered as a form of thanksgiving to the Goddess after the fulfillment of vows. "Ghatams" or decorated metal pillars are filled with flowers &  are carried on the heads by specific menfolk in a procession every friday preceding each bonalu which is celebrated only on Sundays of the Ashada Month .

THE FAMOUS POTHURAJU OF BONALU :

Pothuraju is the brother of Mother Goddess and is represented in the festival by a well-built, bare-bodied man, wearing a small tightly draped red dhoti and bells on his ankles, and wearing turmeric on his body and vermilion on his forehead. He dances to resounding drums. He is considered the initiator of the festivities and the protector of the community. He leads the tranced female dancers who are under spell of the Mother Goddess to the temple, with lashing whips and emerald neem leaves (margosa) tied around their waists, accompanied by trumpets and drums.

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An Indian artist relaxes before performing during a procession of the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, on July 29, 2019. Bonalu is a monthlong Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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Lashkar Bonalu : లష్కర్ బోనాలు

Lashkar Bonalu : లష్కర్ బోనాలు

Lashkar Bonalu : త్రినేత్రం న్యూస్ : ఉజ్జయిని మహంకాళి బోనాల ఉత్సవాలకు ముహూర్తం ఖరారు.. సికింద్రాబాద్ శ్రీ ఉజ్జయిని మహంకాళి అమ్మవారి ఆషాఢమాస

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Celebrate the spirit of Bonalu with vibrant Bonalu festival images. బోనాల పండుగకు సంబంధించిన శుభాకాంక్షల చిత్రాలు ఉచితంగా డౌన్‌లోడ్ చేసుకోండ

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