Telangana top Festivals

Telangana Festivals

Telangana top Festivals

            Telangana Festivals, The best of Indian festivals are all celebrated in Telangana. The art forms of the Telugu people manifest all-year round in the form of dance, drama, music and other performing arts including folk arts. They depict varied expressions of joy, hope, love and sheer zest for life.

         Telanganites not only celebrate the main festivals, but also celebrate certain regional festivals like Bonalu and Batakamma all over Telangana districts, Yedupayala Jatara in Medak, Sammakka Saralamma in Warangal district.

Telangana Festivals

Bonalu

          BhonaluBonalu – This is a festival of offering to Goddess Mahankali. This folk festival of Bonalu is famous in the Telangana region brings an offering to the Goddess Mahankali. The Mahankali temple is located in the busy streets of Secunderabad area.The Dance of balancing pots with the colourfully dressed female danceres balancing pots (Bonalu), step to the rythemic beats and tunes in praise of the village diety Mahankali. Male dancers called the Potharajus follow the female Dancers to the temple lashing whips and emerald margosa leaves tied around their waists adding colour to the roaring trumpets and pulsating percussion.

    

Batakamma

           Batakamma is a special festival celebrated with religious fervour in the Telangana region. Batakamma means ‘immortal woman’. It is a month long festival where Goddess Batakamma’s idol is worshipped and is made to float on the rivers and lakes. Basically, this is a floral festival. It falls on ‘Asvija Shuddha Dasami’ (September -October).This festival is celebrated to glorify womanhood and her celestial place in the family set up. During these days, Goddess ‘Gauri’ the patron Goddess of womanhood is worshipped by all the women folk with utmost devotion and piety.Bathukamma Proccession

Batakamma or ‘Parvati’, according to one legend, is a lover of flowers. Flowers are arranged on a square wooden plank or a square bamboo frame with the size of frames tapering off to form a pinnacle on top. They resemble the shape of a temple ‘Gopura’. A lump of turmeric is kept on top of the flowers. This little floral mountain is worshipped as Goddess Batakamma

Biggest Tribal Jatara Sammakka & Saralamma Jatara

              Sri Sammakka & Saralamma Jatara will be celebrated once in two years in Medaram Village of Tadvai Mandal of Warangal District. This is one of the most pious, sacred religious largest tribal gathering festivals in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Medaram Village is situated in dense forest area about 104 KMS from Warangal city. There are two gaddes (platforms) separately one for goddess “Sammakka” and other for goddess “Saralamma”.

             Since time immemorial, one tree is standing on Sammakka gadde. Under this huge tree lies couple of wooden poles, which is considered to be the totemic symbol of Sammakka, object of worship by visitors.

              The Jatara provides not only an opportunity of interaction between tribals and non tribals of different parts of India but also a feeling among them joining mainstream in the presence of non-tribals in the Jatara, and it is a symbol of common bond between tribals and their belief in cultural heritage.

            The festive atmosphere set in on November 14 and would continue till December 13. The period is a harbinger of happiness and cheer.

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Telangana State Symbols

Telangana State Symbols

                  The Telangana State  Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced Telangana State Symbols. They are: the State Animal Jinka (Deer), the State Bird: Palapitta  (Indian Roller or Blue Jay); the State Flower: Tangedu’ (Tanner’s Cassia); and, the State Tree: Jammi Chettu  (Prosopis Cineraria).

          These icons reflect the culture and tradition of Telangana state and three of them ‘Tangedu’ flowers, Blue Jay and ‘Jammi Chettu’ are associated with the popular festivals of Batukamma and Dasara.

Telangana State Symbols

 The Telangana State Bird – Palapitta (Indian Roller or Blue Jay). The Telangana State Animal – Jinka (Deer). The Telangana State Tree – Jammi Chettu (Prosopis Cineraria). The Telangana State Flower – Tangedu (Tanner’s Cassia).

              These icons reflect the culture and tradition of Telangana state and three of them – Tangedu flowers, Blue Jay and Jammi Chettu – are associated with the popular festivals of Batukamma and Dasara. While Tangedu flowers are used in stacking of Batukammas, spotting the Blue Jay on Dasara is considered a good omen and people worship Jammi Chettu on that day.

Palapitta: Lord Rama spotted the Palapitta before invading Lanka and vanquished Ravana. Palapitta has been chosen to put Telangana on the path of victory

Jinka: Deer is deeply associated with Indian history and a reference to this graceful animal was there in the great epic Ramayana. It can survive in the smallest forests also. It reflects the mindset of the people of Telangana as it is very sensitive and innocent.

Tangedu Flower: Tangedu flower which is used during the Batukamma festival by women folk is the most appropriate choice as the state flower.

Jammi Chettu: Pandavas had vanquished a large army of Kauravas only after performing worshipping the Jammi Chettu. They had hidden their weapons on a Jammi Chettu when they had been forced into exile in the forests. Now, Telangana requires the blessings of the Jammi Chettu

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name Telangana derived from the word Trilinga........

Factfile on Telangana

The Factfile on Telangana, The name Telangana is thought to have been derived from the word Trilinga, as in the Trilinga Desa, which translates to “the country of the three lingas”.

According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended in the lingam form on three mountains, Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama, which marked the boundaries of the Trilingadesa, later called Telinga, Telunga or Telugu.

Telinga is mentioned in Mahabharata as “Telingadesha” whose people fought in Kurukshetra War with the Pandavas against the Kauravas.

The word “Telinga” changed over time to “Telangana” and the name “Telangana” was designated to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly Marathi-speaking one, Marathwada.

One of the earliest uses of a word similar to Telangana can also be seen in a name of Malik Maqbul (14th century C.E.), who was called the Tilangani, which implies that he was from Tilangana.

He was the commander of the Warangal Fort (Kaṭaka Pāludu).

Number of districts: 10. Greater Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Khammam.

Telangana Geography: Has contiguous area bordering Rayalaseema and Andhra, (parts of the existing Andhra Pradesh), Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

The region is situated at a high altitude in an upland area. Two major rivers Godavari and Krishna flow through the region but most of the land is arid.

Greater Hyderabad, located almost at the heart of Telangana, is a major information technology hub and is likely to be the capital of the new state.

Telangana comprises of 10 districts namely, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Khammam.

The state borders coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh .

It covers an area of 1.14 lakh sq. km, which makes it the 12th largest state in the country.

Hyderabad will be the joint capital of Telangana & Andhra for the first 10 years

Its 35.28 million population of Telangana makes it the 12th most populous state.

The two main languages spoken in the state are Telugu and Urdu

The region is situated at a high altitude in a highland area. Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers flowing through the state.

Telangana Assembly will have 119 seats & the new state will send 17 members to Lok Sabha

The state contributes 60% of revenues of existing Andhra Pradesh. Majority of revenue comes from Hyderabad which is a IT hub.

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About Telangana State

About Telangana State

Telangana state Formation Date, TS Formation Day

             Telangana state became the 29th state of India On 2 June 2014,  consisting of the ten north – western districts of Andhra Pradesh. The city of Hyderabad will serve as the joint capital of  telangana state and andhra pradesh for up to ten years.

             Telangana State is a newly formed state and named as 29th state of south India on 2nd June 2014.

            It has an area of 114,840 Square Km (44,340 sq. mi), and a population of 35,286,757 (according to 2011 census), it ranked as 12th largest state in southern region.

       Mostly the area a part of the Hyderabad Medak and Warangal which was ruled by the nizams during British raj before the year 1947.

IN 1956 Andhra state was merged with Telangana region when Hyderabad as the state to form Andhrapradesh.

        After the success in Telangana movement central government stated 29th state of south India as Telangana.

And India consisting of the ten north-western districts of Andhra Pradesh with Hyderabad as its Joint capital for 10 years.

It mean Hyderabad will be served as joint capital for both the state for 10 years until 2024.

              Telangana State is boarded by the Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, state of Maharashtra to the north and north-west, state of Karnataka to the west and state of Chhattisgarh to the north-east.

Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Ramagundam are the major cities in Telangana.

Telangana is bordered by the states of Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, Maharashtra to the north and north-west, Karnataka to the west and Chhattisgarh to the north-east.

Telangana has an area of 114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi), and a population of 35,286,757 (2011 census). Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar and Nizamabad are the major cities in Telangana State.

 Etymology

            The name Telangana is thought to have been derived from the word Telugu, which is the land of Telugu-speaking people. Trilinga, as in Trilinga Desa, which translates to “the country of the three lingas”. According to a Hindu legend, Lord Shiva descended as linga on three mountains, namely Kaleshwaram, Srisailam and Draksharama, which marked the boundaries of the Trilinga desa which then is later called as ‘Thelinga’, ‘Telunga’, ‘Telugu’.

           The name “Telangana” was designated to distinguish the predominantly Telugu-speaking region of the erstwhile Hyderabad State from its predominantly Marathi-speaking one, Marathwada

         One of the earliest uses of a word similar to Telangana can be seen in a name of Malik Maqbul (14th century C.E.), who was called Tilangani, which implies that he was from Tilangana. He was the commander of Warangal Fort (Kaṭaka pāludu in Telugu).

         Number of Districts 10 Hyderabad, RangaReddy, Medak, Karimnagar, Warangla, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Khammam.

          Economy – Primarily agriculture – much of the land is arid, not as fertile as the agriculturally rich coastal region.

Dams – Nizam Sagar, Jurala project in Mahbubnagar, Nagarjuna Sagar.

Crops are wheat, jowar cotton, groundnut, maize, sugarcane, Sunflower. Cottage industries like beedi making, handlooms, crafts.

Major industries – Many of industry located in and around Hyderabad barring some heavy weights like Coal – Singareni Collieries Company limited (SCCL). Sugar factories at Bhodan, paper industry at Sirpur kagaznagar and ITC Bhadrachalam, Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Plant (NTPC), Kothgudem Thermal Power plant.

Private industry – in last 15 years, Hyderabad emerged as IT, BT and Pharma hub of India. Reddy Labs, Indian Immunologicals, Aurobindo, Microsoft, Facebook, mahindra satyam, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant are here. Google India is here . Tata setting up their Aero SEZ.

Public Sector Units and Research Establishments concentrated in Hyderabad -Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Misra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), Nuclear Fuel complex (NFC), Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals limited-IDPL, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Bharat Dynamics limited (BDL), NRSA, National Institute of Nutrition, NGRI, CCMB.

Major educational institutions – Osmania, JNTU, Kakatiya, IIT Medak, BITS, IIIT, Hyderabad Central University (formed after 1960 agitation), NIT Warangal, ISB.

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Telangana State Profile

Telangana State Profile

 Telangana State Profile, 

The Telangana state is spread over  1.14 lakh square kilometres, Its population (including that of Hyderabad) is 3.5 crore.

The Telangana state comprises the districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Warangal, Rangareddy, Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar, apart from the metropolis of Hyderabad.

It would border on Maharashtra, Karnataka and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra).

The region was once a part of the princely state of Hyderabad, ruled by the Nizams, which also included some parts of the present-day Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Telugu and Urdu are the main languages in the region, though Marathi and Kannada are also spoken in some areas.

Godavari with its tributaries, and Krishna are the two major rivers. The region has numerous lakes too.

The region has 17 Lok Sabha seats  and 119 Assembly seats in the undivided Andhra Pradesh. There has been a demand to increase the number of Assembly seats to 153.

TELANGANA STATE PROFILE

TELANGANA PROFILE

Capital City : Hyderabad

Area : 114,840 Sq. Kms.

Districts : 10

Households : 83.58 Lakhs

Population : 351.94 Lakhs

Capital City         Hyderabad

Area  114,840 Sq. Kms.

Districts      10

Revenue Divisions         42

Towns (as per Census, 2011)  158

Municipal Corporations          6

Municipalities      38

Nagara Panchayaths      25

 Zilla Praja Parishads     9

Mandal Praja Parishads 443

Gram Panchayaths        8778

Revenue Mandals 464

Revenue Villages  10,761

Inhabited Villages 10,128

Un-inhabited Villages    633

Households 83.58 Lakhs

Household size     4

Population  351.94 Lakhs

Male  177.04 Lakhs

Female        174.90 Lakhs

Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males)  988 Ratio

Density of Population    307 per Sq. Km

Decadal Growth Rate (2001-2011)   13.58 Rate

Rural Population  215.85 Lakhs

Rural Population Male  107.97 Lakhs

Rural Population Female         107.88 Lakhs

Rural Population Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males)   999 Ratio

Rural to Total Population       61.33 %

Urban Population 136.09 Lakhs

Urban Population Male 69.07 Lakhs

Urban Population Female       67.02 Lakhs

Urban Population Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males) 970 Ratio

Urban to Total Population      38.64 %

SC Population      54.33 Lakhs

SC Population Male      27.05 Lakhs

SC Population Female   27.28 Lakhs

ST Population      32.87 Lakhs

ST Population Male       16.60 Lakhs

ST Population Female   16.27

Child Population (0-6 years)   39.20 Lakhs

Child Population (0-6 years) Male    20.28 Lakhs

Child Population (0-6 years) Female 18.92 Lakhs

Child to Total Population       11.14 %

Child Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males)  933 Ratio

Literates      207.84 Lakhs

Literates Male      117.49 Lakhs

Literates Female   90.35 Lakhs

Literacy Rate        66.46 %

Literacy Rate Male         74.95 %

Literacy Rate Female     57.92 %

Total Workers      164.53 Lakhs

Main Workers      138.06 Lakhs

Marginal Workers          26.47 Lakhs

Members of Parliament (MPs) 17

Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) 119

Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency Members (ZPTCs)     443

Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency Members (MPTCs)         6497

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