Flower arranging with the girls in Hyderabad…
Bathukamma is widely celebrated by the Hindu women of Hyderabad and the surrounding Telangana region of India where elaborate floral displays topped by a pumpkin flower (Bathukamma) are worshipped as the embodiment of the goddess Gauri, the goddess of womanhood.
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Picture: Bathukamma by kamar827, on Flickr
Bathukamma is widely celebrated by the Hindu women of Hyderabad and the surrounding Telangana region of India, where elaborate floral displays topped by a pumpkin flower (Bathukamma) are worshipped as the embodiment of the goddess Gauri, the goddess of womanhood. The Batukammas are taken to a lake and set afloat in the evening.
More on Bathukamma by Somewhereintheworldtoday…
Picture: Bathukamma by saidattu on Flickr.
Somewhere in the world today people are celebrating something with fabulous fiestas and festivals in truly mad and amazing ways.
Paper lanterns for Vesak
Amazing!
Enthusiastic people were seen keenly purchasing decorations for Vesak from stalls located in and...
* Lanterns of Vesak
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