Telangana state festival Bathukamma enters Guinness Book of World Records
Q. Which South India state festival has entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Oct 8, 2016?- Published on 10 Oct 16a. Bathukamma
b. Onam
c. Pongal
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Bathukamma
Telangana state festival Bathukamma has entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
- Close to 9300 women participated in this festival also attended by Tennis star Sania Mirza
- They dance around the bathukamma or flower stack arranged with different unique seasonal flowers attributed with medicinal values
- Bathukamma festival is a symbol of Telangana cultural identity and celebrated during the latter half of the monsoon and before the onset of winter
- Festival celebrates the relations between earth, humans and water
- During the week before, when make Boddemma a Gauri deity/ Mother Durga image with early mud along with the Bathukamma and submerge it in the pond
- This helps to reinforce the pond and retain more water
- Flowers used in Bathukamma purify the water, cleanse the ponds and ensure the environment becomes better.
