It is followed by Boddemma, which is a 7-day festival. This festival falls in September–October called Ashvin or Aswiyuja.
Bathukamma is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri; It starts on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya.
It concludes two days before Dussera, called Durgashtami. On the final day, the closing ceremony of Bathukamma panduga is celebrated as a great festival – Pedda Bathukamma or Saddula Bathukamma.
Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with seasonal flowers, in seven concentric layers, of potter’s clay like a cone.
Bathuku in Telugumeans live/life, and Amma means mother; hence Bathukamma, is celebrated for the glory, later denoted as Goddess Gauri – the patron goddess ofwomanhood.
Bathuku in Telugumeans live/life, and Amma means mother; hence Bathukamma, is celebrated for the glory, later denoted as Goddess Gauri – the patron goddess ofwomanhood.
Women celebrate the festival dressed up in traditional pattu saris, and wear jewellery.
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