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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 19:57:31 -0700
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Subject: Bathukamma Festival on Oct 12th at 2:00pm
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Dear Friends
Aruna Aunty is planning to do Bathukamma Festival on Saturday Oct 12th 2:00 pm at Our Hindu Temple.
We are Planning to Celebrate the Program on Schedule please be on time.
Bathukamma Festival Celebration will be held at HINDU TEMPLE on Oct 12 th Saturday Starts at 2:00 pm.
Arrival of Bathukamma - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Arranging of Bathukamma - 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Singing and Danceing around Batukamma 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Bathukamma Immersion 5:00pm - 5:30 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
As you all know we need some Volunteers for making Dinner Prasad. Please click on the link below to see the list of the items we need.
Significance of Bathakamma Festival:
Batukamma is a spring festival celebrated by women in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. This festival usually is in the months of September/October (Aswiyuja), concludes two days before Dussera on durgashtami.
The name Batukamma is given to a flower mound, arranged with different flowers usually in seven concentric layers of potter’s clay like a cone.
Batuku means live, and Amma means mother, hence Batukamma. Batukamma celebrates the glory of Gauri goddess (meaning fair or white) – the patron Goddess of womanhood.This festival is an all-woman affair. Women celebrate this festival dressed-up traditionally in silk sarees, wear Jewelery and girls in a two-piece saree called as Langa oni, and participate with great fervou.
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How to arrange a 'Bathukamma'... |
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Bathukamma is made of multiple concentric layers of flowers, usually seven; At the very top Turmeric (Pasupu) powder is used to make a conical shape symbolical of Mother Goddess Gauri.
This is a humble attempt to explain how to make a Bathukamma 1. Choose a platform strong enough to hold the flower arrangement (A paper plate would do) 2. Place 5 long white or green or yellow strings (used to stitch buttons or hooks on dresses) on the paper plate spaced out evenly and criss-cross (will use them to tie up the flowers at the end) 3. Place the paper plate on top of a carrying tray or regular plate (to lift and take to venue) 4. Pick flowers with long stalks (length of the stalks determines the size of the Bathukamma) 5. Arrange the flowers face outwards in a circle so that the stalks form a mesh, note the stalks ends should meet or be near the base of the flower at the opposite end 6. Fill the space with small leaves or grass cuttings, this is just filler. 7 Arrange the second layer of flowers taking care to have them slightly behind the bottom layer; try to have them in the gaps where the flower petals touch in the bottom row. ( length of the stalks would be smaller then the bottom row) 8. Repeat steps 4 to 6 till you reach the top of the cone 9 Place a beetle nut (Paan) leaf at the very top in the hollow and arrange the turmeric cone (Gauri) apply tilak (Kumkum) 10. Pull the string end s up and above the Bathukamma and tie them so the knot comes at the bottom row or if possible underneath the bottom row to hold the flowers in place, Care should be taken to make this as inconspicuous as possible. Experienced arrangers do not have to use the string. 11. Insert two Agarbathies (Incense sticks) do not light the incense sticks, they are lit at the venue final .  |
If you have any questions please feel free to call: Aruna Aunty - 772-4948
vidya - 462-1682
vijayalakshmi - 788-9875
satyanaidu - 736-1327
BOW TO SHRI SAI PEACE BE TO ALL
Jai Sairam
Thanks,
satyanaidu.
If you are interested to make your own Bathukamma below is the link for how to make Bathukamma.
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