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Kavitha kick-starts 'Bangaru Bathukamma' to woo foreign investors, Telugu migrants

Kavitha kick-starts 'Bangaru Bathukamma' to woo foreign investors, Telugu migrants

By :  arka sengupta
Update: 2016-09-30 08:57 GMT
The colorful and vibrant festival of Telangana Bathukamma is going global this year to which it is expected that foreign residents and Telugu migrants will get fascinated and will get connected with Telangana culture and its people. (Photo: DC)
The festival heralds the beauty of nature, collective spirit of Telangana people, indomitable spirit of women and also the scientific approach of the agrarian people towards preserving the resources of nature.
The Bathukammas are made by arranging the flowers, carefully, row after row in a brass plate in circular rows and in alternate colours.
Bathukamma celebrates the inherent relationship between earth, water and the human beings. During the entire preceding week, women make 'boddemma' (a deity of Gowri - mother Durga - made with earthly mud) along with Bathukamma and immerse it in the pond. This helps reinforce the ponds and helps it retain more water.
Bathukamma is a colourful and vibrant festival of Telangana. Bathukamma festival is celebrated by women, with flowers that grow exclusively in each region. This festival is a symbol of Telangana cultural identity. Bathukamma comes during the latter half of monsoon, before the onset of winter.
Taking along colourful flowers abroad Kalvakuntla Kavitha will be visiting 9 countries this year.
Telangana is a new state which came into existence after a long fight in which the floral festival was the medium to unite the state women and Telugu women migrated abroad, initiative took by K. Kavitha became a great power and historical efforts also which actually gave fruitful result and this is how Telangana women feel proud and respected all over the world.
Foreigners have always been very willing to get connected to our culture; also it will be chance for her to attract investors from abroad through rich and valuable festival 'Bangaru Bathukamma', which will surely be an addition to the development of state economy.
This year, Member of Parliament in the Lower house and Telangana Jagruthi founder-president Kalvakuntla Kavitha is taking floral festival Bathukamma to the next level.
Kavitha kick-starts 'Bangaru Bathukamma' to woo foreign investors, Telugu migrants

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