Endowment Minister C Ramachandraiah on Sunday said that the government would take a decision on celebrating the Bonalu festival as the State festival from next year.
Talking to media persons after offering silk clothes to Ammar at Lal Darwaza Simhavahini Mahankali Bonalu Jatra on the occasion of Bonalu festival, Ramachandraiah said that the government would issue orders declaring Bonalu as state festival soon on the lines of Samakka Sarakka Jatra, the biggest tribal festival in the Telangana region. “Once the government decides on the issue, the orders will be issued soon,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the temple authorities have performed Mahabhishekham from 6 am. Thousands of devotees, particularly women bee-lined to temple with Bonam on their head and offered to the Goddess. All the 14 temples in the Old city were decked up for Bonalu and special arrangements were made to meet the rush of devotees.
–Agencies