Bonalu Festival - Preparations by the Dancers 

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Bonalu is a Hindu Festival where Goddess Mahakali is worshiped. It is as an annual festival celebrated in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the twin cities and other parts of Telangana State. It is celebrated in July/August, the month of Ashada Masam (according to Telugu calendar) which is considered as a thanksgiving to the Goddess for the fulfillment of vows. The word Bonam literally means “meal” in Telugu which is an offering to the Mother Goddess. Women prepare rice which is cooked with jaggery and milk in a new earthen pot or brass pot which is decorated with neem leaves, vermilion and turmeric. Women carry these pots on their heads with lit lamp on top of the Pot and make an offering of Bonam which includes Bangles and Saree to the Mother Goddess at Temples.
We shot this during one of our Photowalks in Hyderabad.