Overview

• On October 1, Telangana’s chief minister and the BRS president released formal Dasara greetings that centered on cultural identity and civic unity.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy highlighted Shami Puja, exchanging Jammi leaves as gold, Alai Balai gatherings, elders’ blessings, and sighting the Palapitta as defining regional practices.
• Reddy described Telangana as a symbol of harmony across communities and prayed to Goddess Durga for the state’s growth and victories.
• K. Chandrashekhar Rao linked Dasara to the statehood movement and his decade in office, noting his government’s designation of the Jammi tree and Palapitta as state symbols.
• Governor Jishnu Dev Varma also extended greetings, invoking the triumph of good over evil and urging collective resolve against social ills and environmental threats.