Bathukamma Dates 2024

 

• Bathukamma is a festival celebrated in the state of Telangana.
• It is celebrated during the time of Sharad Navratri.
• It starts on Bhadrapada Amavasya and ends on durga Ashtami.
• Goddess Gowri is worshipped
• It is celebrated to thank goddess Parvati for her blessings for the crop harvest
• Bathukamma is a flower arrangement made by women. It is a conical arranagement of flowers that are placed in Seven concentric rings in a clay pot.
• The top of the arrangement is decorated with a pumpkin flower and turmeric.
• Women dance round these bathukammas singing traditional songs.
• After that these cones are set afloat in the river after worshipping goddess gauri.
• Various cultural activities take place and locally Jataras are also held.

Things to do :

• Women clean their homes
• Cow dung is used to purify the ambience and welcome Goddess Gauri.
• Collect Various seasonal flowers to decorate Bathukamma
• Decorate houses with floral designs and cow dungs are placed around the house.

Day	Bathukamma	Naivedyam/ Prasadam
Day 1	Engili Pula Bathukamma	Nuvvulu (Sesame seeds), Nookalu (ground wet rice), Jaggery
Day 2	Attukula Bathukamma	Sappidi Pappu , Jaggery, Attukulu(flattened rice)
Day 3	Muddapappu Bathukamma	Muddapappu, Milk and Jaggery
Day 4	Nanabiyyam Bathukamma	Wet rice, Milk and Jaggery
Day 5	Atla Bathukamma	Dosa, wet rice
Day 6	Aligina Bathukamma	No Prasadam
Day 7	Vepakayala Bathukamma	Made with rice flour
Day 8	Venna Muddala Bathukamma	Nuvvulu, Butter, Jaggery and Ghee
Day 9	Sadhula Bathukamma	Curd rice, Pulihora, Lemon rice, coconut rice and sesame rice.

2024 Dates: October 01 – October 09.