Bathukamma
Telangana's 9-day flower festival
Significance
Honours Goddess Gauri (Parvati) as the bestower of womanhood and fertility. Recognised as the state festival of Telangana in 2014; the flowers represent the biodiversity of the Deccan plateau.
Women in traditional silk sarees build 7-tier conical arrangements of seasonal wildflowers — the 'floral goddess' — and sing in circles around her at dusk, then immerse her in the nearest lake on Day 9. Every Telangana village becomes a flower mandala.
First-time visitor
Visit a Warangal village for the quiet first days, then Hussain Sagar for the mass immersion on Day 9.
What to see
- Daily floral stack building at sunset
- Women singing Bathukamma folk songs in circles
- Saddula Bathukamma — final immersion on Day 9
- Maleeda (sweet jowar flour) offering
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Travel tips
- 1Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad hosts the biggest immersion
- 2Villages around Warangal have the most authentic experience
- 3Wear a saree to participate in the circles
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About Bathukamma
Bathukamma 2026 is scheduled for 2–10 Oct 2026. That's 161 days from today.
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