Overview

• Governor Jishnu Dev Varma urged people to unite against social evils, disease, environmental hazards and external threats, invoking the national motto that truth triumphs.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy highlighted local observances such as shami puja with jammi leaves, the Alai Balai get-together, elders’ blessings and sighting the pala pitta.
• He prayed to Goddess Durga for Telangana’s growth, victories and widespread joy across communities.
• BRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao said Dasara inspires a journey from defeat to success and affirms that dharma ultimately prevails.
• He recalled declaring the jammi tree and the pala pitta as state symbols and linked Dasara and Bathukamma to the statehood movement and a decade of governance.