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A member of Bhagyanagar Mahankali Temple Committee carrying bonalu in a gold pot on her head, on her way to Kanaka Durga temple, in Vijayawada on Sunday. Committee president Gajula Anjaiah said they offered bonam in a golden vase. The women devotees thronged the temple carrying on their head bonam prepared with rice, jaggery and curd seeking the Goddess blessings. | Photo Credit: CH_VIJAYA BHASKARmore-inKeeping up the tradition, a group of devotees from Telangana travelled all the way from Hyderabad to offer ‘bonam’ and silk robes (pattu vastralu) to presiding deity goddess Kanaka Durga atop the Indrakeeladri here on Sunday. “We offered prayers to the deity urging her to bless Andhra Pradesh with Special Category Status (SCS)..