Lashkar Bonalu 2014 on 13th
July
Lashkar (Secunderabad) Bonalu
2014 festivities will kick start from June 29th with Ghatala
edurkollu procession.The main festival of offering bonams to the presiding
deity Mahnakali in Ujjain mahankali temple will be on 13th July and
Rangam ritual follows the next day. Temple is undergoing for a facelift and
special arrangements in the temple premises will be taken up by the govt
officials.
Hyderabad Old City Bonalu on 20th
July 2014
Old city Bonalu will kick start
the very next week after lashkar festivities concludes on 14th
July.Old city Bonalu festivities will start with Ghatalu edurkollu on 13th
July and the main festival is on 20th July 2014.
Hyderabad: Telangana
Ashadhamasa Bonalu, Mahakali Jatara is one of the biggest
cultural festivities (falls in the month of July - August (In Ashadha
Masam) )celebrated every year with much traditional fervor in the city of
Hyderabad.Bonalu festival 2014 will kick start on 29th June 2014 in City
of Hyderabad.Bonalu means Bhojanam
offered to goddess Mahakali (The Goddess of Power.Bonam is made up of
cooked rice with Curd,Jaggery,sugar.Bonam placed in an earthen pot which is
decorated with Turmeric ,vermilion,white chalk and Neem tree leaves and a lamp
is being placed on it.Women keep these Bonams on their heads and go to temple
amid dancing by people with band sounds
Even though Bonalu Mahakali Jatara is celebrated in nook and
corner of the region of Telengana ,The major and mass process of Mahankali
takes places in Hyderabad where in as many as some 10-20 lakhs people from
across India participate in it.
Bonalu
festival & Mahakali Jatara takes place in two phases in Hyderabad.Bonalu
festival celebrations kick start with Ujjain Mahankali temple of Secunderabad
first and old city of Hyderabad takes the cue the very next week.Bonalu falls
on Sunday following farewell of the event i.e Rangam etc on Monday.
Laldarwaza Mahankali Temple,Akkanna Madanna Temple, Gowlipura
Bharat Mata Temple,Sultanshahi Jagadamba temple, Shalibanda Mutyalamma Temple,
Mir-Alam Mandi Mahankali Temple,Uppuguda, Aliabad Mahankali temple are the main
temples in Old city where the Bonalu festival takes place with much traditional
fervor.All areas in old city look much vibrant with telangana style
songs,Dances of Potha rajulu,Ghatam Procession etc.