Bathukamma, a festival celebrated with devotion in entire Telangana during Durga Navarathri period got better with State Government announcing long holidays for all educational institutions. Farmers from neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra have flooded Hyderabad markets with colourful flowers to give a wide choice to people. Durga idols are either being given final touches by artisans or transported for installations at public places. The Hindu photographers Satyanarayana Gola, Mohammed Yousuf and P.V. Sivakumar capture the preparations in Hyderabad.
An artisan gives final touches to Goddess Durga idol. Select families thrive on making the idols of all Hindu Gods, and it is festive time again with Dasara beginning on Wednesday in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Select families thrive on making the idols of all Hindu Gods, and it is festive time again with Dasara beginning on Wednesday in Hyderabad. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
For them, life has to go on! It is time to celebrate to Navarathri during Dasara festival and time to pray Goddess Durga. Photo: Satyanarayana Gola
Colourfully-decorated ‘Bathukamma’ at Tank Bund in Hyderabad. The ‘Bathukamma’ is a unique aspect of the tradition of celebrating the Navarathri Festival in Telangana. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar
An enthusiastic devotee taking a ‘selfie’ standing in front of a colourfully-decorated ‘Bathukamma’ at the Telangana Secretariat in Hyderabad. The State festival unfolded in varoius parts of the State from Wednesday. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
A huge idol of Goddess Durga being transported for installation in Hyderabad for the upcoming Dasara and Navrathri festivals. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Different colours and sizes attract devotees to Hyderabad's wholesale market that is flooded with various types of flowers from Maharashtra and Karnataka for Bathukamma Navaratri and Durga puja in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Different colours and sizes attract devotees to Hyderabad's wholesale market that is flooded with various types of flowers from Maharashtra and Karnataka for Bathukamma Navaratri and Durga puja in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Hyderabad's wholesale market is flooded with various types of flowers as the farmers descend from neighboring Maharashtra and Karnataka with huge quantities ahead of preparations for festoon during Bathukamma Navaratri and Durga puja in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Hyderabad's wholesale market is flooded with various types of flowers as the farmers descend from neighboring Maharashtra and Karnataka with huge quantities giving womenfolk an experience of shopping at affordable rates on the eve of making Bathukamma Navaratri festoon and Durga Puja ahead of Dasara festival in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf