Summary:
‘Pothrajus’ with smeared faces carrying whips and ‘ghatams’, accompanied by ‘teen maar’’ drumbeats reverberated in every lane in Secunderabad. The Telangana government had accorded the status of ‘state festival’ to Bonalu after the formation of the state in June 2014. Bonalu is an important Telangana festival held in the month of Ashadam. Kavitha prays for people Former Nizamabad MP, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, daughter of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today offered prayers at Ujjaini Mahankali temple in Secunderabad on the occasion of the Bonalu. The former MP said that with the divine blessings of the Goddess, Telangana will flourish..