Bonalu is celebrated every year during ashadam in Hyderabad, Hyderabad and telangana regions of Andhra pradesh.This festival is also known as bonalu jatara which starts at Sri Jagadambika temple at golconda fort followed by Secunderabad Ujjani mahakali temple followed by shali banda kashi viswanath mandir then followed by mahakali temple amberpet and lastly at akkana madanna temple in lal darwaja.
The opening of the bonalu festival is marked with the Kalasha sthapana at the temple site. The Kalasa Stapana servers as indication to the devotees for commencement of the celebration of the festival. The Bonalu festival is mainly celebrated by women.
A typical feature of the Bonalu festival is the ritual preparation of Ghatams a set of three pots of varied sizes. These are decorated by using turmeric powder, Kumkum, and white colors. Various designs such as om and swastik symbols, rangolis are drawn on the pots and neem leaves are tied around the pots.
Bonalu is short form of bojanlu means meals,it is a ritual offering of meals to goddess mahakali.Women are dressed in pathu sarees and carry pots on their head.The offering meal consists of typical south indian meal of rice,curd,jaggery and water.Usually there are three pots which are carried on top of the other,first been the bigger which has rice and curd followed by two small pots.One small pot has curd and jaggery and the smallest pot has water in it.On the lid of the last pot oil is poured and a lamp is lit in it.
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