Bathukamma: The Festival of Flowers

Sneha Nangunoori '23

 

This is a picture of a Bathukamma. Every year, Hindus from the Telugu state of Telangana, celebrate the festival of flowers: Bathukamma. Bathukamma directly translates to ‘Live Mother’. ‘Mother’ in this context is Mother Earth. The Bathukamma is completely natural (inside and out).