Telangana Festivals - Bathukamma festival

Bathukamma is a Telangana-specific festival coinciding with Dasara

Conical arrangement of colourful, native flowers shapes the Bathukamma

Bathukamma is immersed in water at the end of the day

Bathukamma is known as the festival of flowers, bathukamma culminates on the ninth day of dasara with the immersion of bathukammas in tanks

Bathukamma Panduga has a deep association with water and changes in these have meant change in the basic nature of the festival.