Batukamma Festival

BATUKAMMA FESTIVAL:-

Bathukamma is a festival celebrated by the Hindu women.. of Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is followed by Boddemma which is 7 days festival. This festival falls in the months of September/October called as Ashvin or Aswiyuja. Bathukamma festival is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri. It starts on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya. It concludes two days before Dussera called as Durgashtami. On the final day, the closing ceremony of Bathukamma panduga is celebrated as a great festival  Pedda Bathukamma or Saddula Bathukamma.
Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with seasonal flowers, in seven concentric layers, of potter\u2019s clay like a cone. Bathuku in Telugu means live/life, and Amma means mother, hence Bathukamma, is celebrated for the glory, later denoted as Goddess Gauri the patron Goddess of womanhood.
Women celebrate the festival dressed-up in traditional silk saris, and wear jewellery.

Women dancing around their batukammas