Overview

• Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka opened the nine-day celebrations at Hanamkonda’s Thousand Pillar Temple, with ministers and officials in attendance and a Kakatiya-themed performance.
• The Cultural Department is leading statewide programmes through September 30, when Saddula Bathukamma concludes the observance with traditional immersion rites.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy extended festival greetings, and leaders framed the occasion around prosperity and women’s financial empowerment.
• GHMC announced arrangements at 450 venues in Hyderabad, including artificial ponds, 1,450 temporary toilets and 82 lighting points, with sanitation teams deployed.
• Residents and local reports highlighted hyacinth-choked and littered lakes in several neighborhoods even as major city events are scheduled, including a world-record bid at LB Stadium and a Tank Bund rally.