Bathukamma Flower Stack Puja (daily, from Engili Pula)

Gauri (Gauramma)Bathukamma (as Mother Goddess) 90 minEasy

6 steps1 mantra~1 min of recitationFull puja ~90 min

When

Nine evenings from Mahalaya

Duration

90 min

Deity

Gauri (Gauramma), Bathukamma (as Mother Goddess)

Bathukamma ('come alive, Mother') is Telangana's festival of flowers, kept by women during Devi Navratri. Wild monsoon flowers are stacked into a cone with Gauri made of turmeric on top; women sing and clap around it and then give it to a lake or pond.