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It was a spectacular display of Telangana pride as nearly 31,000 women from 429 mandals of the State clapped and danced in unison around a 25-foot-high flower formation at the LB Stadium here on Tuesday evening. “We will have the largest human flower formation with 3,000 women and the largest flower arrangement with 3,000 Bathukamma arrangements,” said Mamidi Harikrishna, Director of Telangana Culture. A bigger celebration is round the corner on September 28 when Saddula Bathukamma is going to be celebrated at the LB Stadium which will end with a firecracker display. “We worked through the night to raise this 25-foot-high flower formation at the centre of the stadium. Last year 9,290 women had participated in a similar Maha Bathukamma celebration at the same location..