Praja Bhavan Celebrates Bonalu

The Bonalu festival was celebrated on a grand scale today at Praja Bhavan, the official residence of Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was the chief guest for the celebrations.

Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and his wife welcomed the guests with flower bouquets. Ministers D Sridhar Babu, Konda Surekha, Ponnam Prabhakar and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Government Advisor Vem Narender Reddy and other leaders participated in the celebrations.

Konda Surekha, Bhatti Vikramarka's wife Nandini, MLA Padmavathi and other women elected representatives offered bonums to Goddess Nalla Pochamma at the temple located on the premises of Praja Bhavan. The CM and other ministers also performed special pujas to the presiding deity amidst Vedic hymns chanted by the priests.

The elected representatives said that they had sought the blessings of the goddess for the safety of and abundant rains for Telangana.

Government Whip Adluri Laxman, Aadi Srinivas, MLAs Malothu Ramdas Naik, Veerlapalli Shankar, Kadiyam Srihari, Ganesh, Kale Yadaiah, Makkan Singh Tagore, N Uttam Padmavathi, Parnika Reddy, Madanmohan Rao, Rammohan Reddy, Gandra Satyanarayana and Vijaya Ramana Rao, former MLA KLR and other leaders were also present in the celebrations.