Hyderabad: The first Bathukamma festival which is soon approaching, for which the Telangana government is planning to make it big. TRS government intends to create a brand image for Bathukamma festival at the international level to showcase the Telangana tradition and culture.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is personally reviewing the arrangements to make it a grand event and has released 10 crore on Friday. Chief Minister of Telangana announced that the government released Rs 10 crore for the Bathukamma festivus in the cities and towns across the state.
Officials have been instructed to set up Bathukamma muscat and logo in cities and towns.
As Bathukamma is considered to be a festival of girls and is primarily celebrated by the women, Rao has decided to invite prominent women personalities across the country and also one special guest from abroad. “I will personally invite prominent women guests,” Rao told the officials.
Mr Rao said that, the Chief Ministers of other states including Jayalalithaa, Vasudhara Raje, Anandiben Patel, Mamata Benerjeee and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Ministers, women Governors, prominent women like Kiran Bedi, Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy would be invited. The Chief Minister invited women AIS officers and also state-cadre women officers to participate in Bathukamma festival in Hyderabad.
Saddula Bathukamma will be celebrated on Tank Bund this year.
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