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Bathukamma

A flower festival during the annual Navaratri festivities, in celebration of the Mother Goddess, featuring flower shrines where women gather and sing devotional songs. On the last day, the shrines are paraded through town and immersed in local bodies of water. Bathukamma is anticipated to occur September 29–October 7, 2019.