Warangal residents fill dry canal for Bathukamma immersion

Residents of Arepally in Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation have repaired a dry canal and filled it with water from an agricultural borewell, enabling women to immerse their Bathukamma floral arrangements as part of the Saddula Bathukamma farewell ritual on 16 October. The area faces water scarcity, with several canals and water bodies dry, threatening the traditional immersion ceremony.

The community in GWMC Division 3 cleaned the canal, pumped water using motors, and built temporary bunds to prevent drainage. Deccan Chronicle reports the initiative was a collective effort to preserve cultural traditions without waiting for outside intervention, symbolically bringing Ganga to the dry canal for bidding farewell to Gauramma.

Separately, The Hans India reported on Venamuddala Bathukamma, celebrated on the eighth day of the festival on 16 October, highlighting traditional floral arrangements, songs, and the offering of sesame seeds, butter, ghee and jaggery to Goddess Bathukamma. The two reports cover different days and aspects of the nine-day Bathukamma festival.