TRS Plans Grand Bathukamma Celebrations From 2015

Telangana Jagruthi president and Nizamabad MP K Kavitha said that the Bathukamma festival would be celebrated on a larger scale from the next year.

Speaking to media persons after participating in the Bangaru Bathukamma celebrations in the Adilabad district, Kavitha said that committees would be established from the next year to organise the festival on a grand scale across the State.

She said that the official celebration of Bathukamma festival was aimed at highlighting the importance of women in society.

She praised the State government for making arrangements near water bodies across the State.

Kavitha herself prepared 'Bathukammas' at the residences of Peddapalli MP Balka Suman and Mancherial MLA Diwakar Rao.

MLAs Durgam Chinnaiah, Nallala Odelu and Diwakar Rao, and Muncipal Chairman Vasundara also participated in the celebrations. (INN)