Telangana Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan today extended greetings to all the women of Telangana on the eve of the commencement of the Bathukamma festival tomorrow.
The Governor said that Bathukamma was a special festival associated with Mother Nature, and essentially a celebration of life by the women of Telangana.
The colourful seasonal wild flowers used to prepare the idols of Bathukamma also had medicinal properties that could cleanse the water bodies they were let into, she said.
She urged people to celebrate Bathukamma safely by adhering to the Covid-19 preventive measures.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao too extended Bathukamma greetings to the women of Telangana.
He said that he had prayed the goddess to bless every household in the state with happiness and peace.
The Chief Minister too exhorted the women to celebrate the festival following the coronavirus protocols.