60th Republic Day Celebrations on Jan 30th 2010 in Cupertino,CA

BATHKAMMA-The unique festival of flowers in Telangana

The months of September and October are the most festive months for Telaganaites. There are two major festivals celebrated during these months and at least 15 days before and after filled with the aura of great festivity and happy moods of family reunions. One of the festivals is Bathukamma and the other is Dusshera (known as Vijaya dashami and Dusshera etc, this is a popular festival across the nation ).

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MUHARRAM

I have been working in a research project on Muharram in the Deccan as part of the Sarai Student stipendship. In this posting I have given a description of the rituals and practices involved in Muharram as collected from oral accounts.I am making this posting to give a brief overview of the Muharram practices and would soon make a posting that would look at issues of the origin and links with migratory patterns that Muharram has. this study mainly concerns regions of northern Andra pradesh and Karnataka .

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