Overview

• Vemulawada concluded its Saddula Bathukamma on the seventh day on Saturday at the Bathukamma Teppa near the Moolavagu, with MLA Adi Srinivas joining the immersion procession.
• Bathukamma is generally observed for nine days elsewhere in Telangana, but this year Ashtami spans from the evening of September 29 to the evening of September 30, creating uncertainty over the finale.
• Bhadrakali Temple priest Sheshu Sharma advised a Tuesday, September 30 celebration, citing the practice of fixing dates by the tithi at sunrise.
• Thousand Pillar Temple chief priest Gangu Upendra Sharma, backed by astrologer Uppala Ramesh Sharma, urged a Monday, September 29 observance to maintain a strict nine-day count with evening immersion.
• Hanamkonda residents are preparing for Monday festivities at Padmakshi Temple, Warangal plans a Tuesday finale at Rangleela Maidan, and a government directive also points departments to Tuesday.