Graveyard sparkles with glow of firecrackers in distinctive ritual

The graveyard in Karkhanagadda of Karimnagar city got here alive with the colourful glow of lamps as a number of households from the close by areas and elsewhere within the city celebrated Deepavali on the graveyard displaying their everlasting bond with their ancestors and departed family members.

A bunch of households flocked to the graveyard on Monday (October 20, 2025) night and celebrated the pageant of lights in keeping with a decades-old follow prevalent amongst sure households of the locality.

They provided a spread of home-cooked meals gadgets and desserts on the flower-bedecked graves of their ancestors earlier than performing pujas, invoking their blessings.

“The customized has been in vogue for many years and it exemplifies our deep reverence for our ancestors,” says Kamsala Srinivas, a former corporator of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation.

“We beautify the graves of our ancestors with flowers and lit up earthen diyas in entrance of them adopted by meals choices,” he provides.

The grand celebration reaches a crescendo with the bursting of firecrackers illuminating the graveyard with shining glow, he additional elaborates.