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Keeping tradition alive by record production of cow dung cakes
Elders often bemoan that celebrating festivals in these modern times is lacking the traditional touch. In a bid to re-introduce people to the Telugu culture and tradition; 45-year-old Anukula Prasad, a native of Tanuku, made cow dung cakes, which are an integral part of the Bhogi celebrations. His efforts have paid rich dividends, as it was enlisted in The Telugu Book of Records.
Tanuku: Elders often bemoan that celebrating festivals in these modern times is lacking the traditional touch. In a bid to re-introduce people to the Telugu culture and tradition; 45-year-old Anukula Prasad, a native of Tanuku, made cow dung cakes, which are an integral part of the Bhogi celebrations. His efforts have paid rich dividends, as it was enlisted in The Telugu Book of Records.
Speaking to The Hans India, Prasad humbly says that it was his contribution to save the fading Telugu culture and tradition. “During the day of Bhogi, farmers and villagers used to burn cow dung cakes and firewood to oust the dense fog. So I started collecting cow dung and made them in to cakes,” he added. Passionate about his endeavour, Prasad hired 50 workers, who worked day and night to make the cakes. After three months of his efforts, the cakes of cow-dung span up to 4 km in length. He displayed his cow-dung cakes festoon at Chitturi Indraiah Government College.
Sai Sri a delegate of ‘The Telugu book of record’ visited the college and inspected the length of cow-dung cakes festoon. They noted that it was made by using 3.2 lakh cow-dung cakes and earlier record was created with 1.62 lakh cow dung cakes to a stretch of the one-kilo meter.
Expressing his delight over securing the record Prasad said, “I was worried about the Bhogi festival losing its charm. It was a colourful festival and all I did was to bring back those memories to the younger generation.”Eying Guinness Book of World Records, Prasad said that he is keen to participate. “I stopped my brick-kiln business over three months. Now, I am planning to sell the cow-dung cakes across the State,” he concludes.
