Bonalu transforms Lal Darwaza right into a spectacle of religion, color

The streets of Lal Darwaza in Hyderabad got here alive with vibrant colors and devotional chants on Sunday as hundreds of devotees thronged the Sri Simhavahini Mahankali Temple and Akkanna Madanna Temple to mark Bonalu pageant. Celebrated on the third Sunday of Ashada masam, the annual occasion noticed an awesome turnout of worshippers providing bonam to goddess Mahankali.

Women, adorned in conventional apparel and jewelry, carried bonams, embellished pots crammed with cooked rice, milk and jaggery on their heads an providing symbolising gratitude and a prayer for defense from misfortune and illness. Alongside bonams, bangles and sarees had been additionally introduced to the deity.

The festive spirit prolonged throughout the lanes of Lal Darwaza, Hari Bowli, Sultan Shahi and neighbouring areas of the Old City. Temple committees had made in depth preparations to handle the inflow of devotees and guarantee a seamless darshan.

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Minister Ponnam Prabhakar visited the Simhavahini Mahankali Temple, the place they introduced pattu vastralu (silk robes) to the deity. Addressing the gathering, the Deputy CM introduced that the Telangana authorities has allotted ₹1,290 crore for the event and renovation of temples throughout the State.

“We are dedicated to enhancing the infrastructure and religious atmosphere of the Simhavahini Mahankali Temple and the encompassing space. The Bonalu festivities, which started on June 26, have up to now been peaceable, because of the dedication of officers throughout departments,” he stated.

Several different dignitaries additionally supplied prayers to the goddess, together with Adluri Laxman Kumar, Vakati Narayana Reddy, MPs Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy and Anil Kumar Yadav, Legislative Council Vice Chairman Banda Prakash, MLC Ok. Kavitha, Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender, Finance Commission Chairman Siricilla Rajaiah, Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, former Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, TTD chairman B.R. Naidu, former MP Anjan Kumar Yadav, Endowments Commissioner S. Venkat Rao, and Hyderabad District Collector Hari Chandana Dasari.

The Hyderabad Police made heavy safety personnel and applied strict visitors diversions within the Old City and different Bonalu hubs to make sure public security and a clean conduct of the festivities. With even bigger crowds anticipated for the Simha Vaahini Sri Mahankali procession on Monday, a number of routes within the Old City will witness a shutdown of vehicular motion. In view of the celebrations, the State authorities has declared a public vacation on Monday for all academic establishments and authorities workplaces in Hyderabad.