Lal Bazaar celebrates Bonalu

Lal Bazaar celebrates Bonalu
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Lal Bazaar Celebrates Bonalu. Lal Bazaar Mahakali temple, having a history of over 100 years, commenced its Ashada Masam Bonalu Jatra on Wednesday. Large number of women devotees, dressed in gorgeous attire, carried Bonam on their heads to please the deity.

Lal Bazaar Mahakali temple, having a history of over 100 years, commenced its Ashada Masam Bonalu Jatra on Wednesday. Large number of women devotees, dressed in gorgeous attire, carried Bonam on their heads to please the deity. Palaharam Bandlu was the highlight of the day along with the dance by the Potharajus. Rangam predictions would be held today.

Women carrying Bonam thronged in huge numbers

Ravi Kumar, Station House Officer, Trimulgherry, said, “More than 100 police personnel were deployed to oversee the security arrangements under the overall supervision of Manohar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Begumpet division.”

History of the temple

Mahakali temple at Lal Bazaar colourfully decked up for Bonalu

According to history, an agriculturist Gangaiah got a dream that a deity by name Mahankali was placed near the hillocks of Lal Bazaar. He went there the next morning and was surprised to find the Goddess carved out of a stone, near a neem tree. He constructed a temple for the Goddess which gained prominence among the people living nearby.

SCB celebrates Bonalu

SCB CEO Sujatha Gupta along with board officials

A special pooja was performed at the Secunderabad Cantonment Board’s (SCB) workshop which was attended by SCB CEO Sujatha Gupta, ex-vice president Bhanuka Narmada Mallikarjun and sanitary superintendent M Devender.

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