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Bathukamma festival is celebrated in which state of India?
A)
Kerala
B)
Telangana
C)
Odisha
D)
Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Telangana


Bathukamma is a festival that is celebrated in the State of Telangana. It represents the cultural spirit of the State. Bathukamma means the ‘festival of life’ and is celebrated to thank goddess Parvati for her blessings. This festival originates from a story where the king and queen were finally blessed by a daughter. She was named Bathukamma.
 
Once she was insulted by a Rakshas (demon) and couldn’t handle it, so she died by jumping into a fire. The people of the kingdom reminisced her loss by making a stack of flowers and singing and dancing around it for nine days during the Navratri every year....

Published On : October 12, 2021
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