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The tone of Telangana came live successful the bosom of Michigan arsenic the Global Telangana Association (GTA) Detroit Chapter hosted its 3rd Bathukamma and Dasara celebrations astatine the Studio Center that witnessed a record-breaking attendance, with implicit 1,500 members of the Telugu assemblage coming unneurotic for a vibrant show of civilization and tradition.
The venue was transformed into a riot of colours, with women and young girls adorned successful beauteous silk sarees and accepted langa vonis. The centrepiece of the celebration, however, was the hundreds of intricately arranged Bathukamma angiosperm mounds, brought by attendees arsenic an offering to Goddess Gowri and Mother Nature.
The aerial resonated with the bushed of devotional songs arsenic participants danced successful circles astir the floral stacks, their synchronized claps and movements creating a mesmerizing spectacle.
The venue was transformed into a riot of colours, with women and young girls adorned successful beauteous silk sarees and accepted langa vonis. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Suvarna Nagireddy, visiting her son’s household successful Michigan, was blessed to beryllium portion of the celebrations thousands of miles distant from her home, Hyderabad. “I sincerely admit Global Telangana Association for keeping our civilization and traditions live for aboriginal generations successful America,” she said.
“Worshipping the Goddess of Nature, that is the halfway of our culture. The flowers, leaves, and herbs are not conscionable decorations. They are a awesome of uniting with nature, of respecting Her arsenic a mother. As they circle, what the women sing is 1 truth: Nature is not ours, but we are a portion of nature,” said Esha Gangasani, who is besides visiting her girl successful Novi.
The festivities began connected a spiritual enactment with a accepted “Shami pooja”, conducted by a temple priest, Vara Prasad Sharma, who explained the profound value of the Dasara festival to the gathering.
A sumptuous feast, specially prepared by the section Indian Restaurant, Tawa was served to each 1,500 attendees. The GTA USA Board, led by its President, Praveen Kesireddy, Board of Trustees, Krishna Prasad Jaligama, Mahesh Venukadasula, Mallikarjun Padukone and Santosh Kakulavaram, GTA Detroit Board, headed by President, Kamal Pinnapureddy, President-Elect, Venkat Vadnala (2026-28) and the moving committee members, Laxminarayana Karnala, Sathyadhir Gangasani, Sushma Padukone, Suma Kalvala and Swapna Chintapalli, GTA Standing Committee Chairpersons, Prem Chintapalli, Sriram Jala, Yugandhar Bhumireddy and Karunakar Kandukuri, Executive & Advisory Board members, chiefly Arun Bachu, Yadagiri Ileni, Sainath Lachireddygari, Goverdhan Pinnamreddy, Sandeep Narayanappa, Praveen Muddasani and Sreekanth Reddy Chintala presented plaques to the sponsors, patrons and volunteers, and gave distant prizes to the winners of ‘Best Bathukamma’ contest.
