Hyderabad: Scores of assistant professors, who are working on contract basis, from all the universities across Telangana state celebrated Bonalu at the Osmania University on Wednesday. The women assistant professors had prepared the Bonam and offered it to the deity at the Yellamma temple, in from of the Women’s Hostel on the campus. She added “during the first Assembly elections …
HYDERABAD: Around 10 to 12 lakh devotees are expected to attend the Secunderabad Bonalu festivities, which are set to be held on a grand scale after a gap of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cleaning will be done frequently; also, a medical camp is arranged and we are expecting around 10-12 lakh devotees,” a GHMC official supervising the …
HYDERABAD: Historians have different take on month-long Bonalu festivities which is celebrated in the city during Ashada Masam. While the state government claims that ‘Bonam’ literally means ‘meal’ in Telugu, which is an offering to the Mother Goddess, historians say that ‘Bonam’ originated from the word 'Bhuvanam', where earth is treated as mother. Neem leaves, turmeric and vermilion used during …
