01/10/2024. Tue – HR Greenwood
Bathukamma is a colourful and vibrant festival of Telangana and celebrated by women, with flowers that grow exclusively in each region.
We the Greenwoodians have celebrated this colorful floral festival of Telangana with great grandeur and enthusiasm amidst the lush green nature in the Hunter Road campus on 1st October from 1pm to 4pm.
Bathukamma is a Hindu flower festival celebrated by the woman of Telangana and some parts of Andhra Pradesh. Every year this festival is celebrated as per the Sathavahana calendar for nine days starting on pitru amavasya which coincides with the months of September and October.
Bathukamma means Mother Goddess come alive. Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in a shape of a gopuram.
Bathukamma is a festival of colours and life. It also marks the celebration of femininity in the deccan region, the woman of Telangana dresses up in traditional wear (saree’s) to bring out the traditional grace of the attire.
Bathukamma represents the cultural spirit of Telangana.
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All the lady teachers of our school had prepared a very beautiful bathukamma with exotic flowers . It was flawless to look at all the beautiful flowers placed in a stack. We all appreciate the great efforts of all the teachers and all the non-teaching staff. Our beloved director Sri. Dr. G. Bharadhwaja Naidu sir has inaugurated the program by offering flowers and coconut to our goddess Gouri devi as well as for Durga devi followed by respected general manager Smt. CH. Jyothi garu, Sri. A. Prabhu Kumar garu, Sri. Manjula Devi garu ,vice principal Sri. K. Srikanth sir and the Aco’s of our school, Sri. K. Harsha Vardhan garu, Shailaja ma’am.
All the girls of Greenwood had gathered in the assembly to celebrate the festival of flowers with a great joy, all were eagerly waiting for the program to start finally, the await was over the program started with great enthusiasm towards the day.
All the girls wore traditional attire to show their respect and gratitude towards the day. Everyone actively participated in the Batukamma decoration followed by dance of the gorgeously dressed girls for the resonating batukamma songs.
As this festival celebrated the inherent relationship between earth water and human beings, we immersed the Bathukamma’s in the pond. This helps reinforce the ponds and helps it retain more water. With this the event came to an end with energizing celebrations.