Overview

• The seventh-day Saddula Bathukamma was held on Saturday at the Bathukamma Teppa near the Moolavagu river in Rajanna Sircilla district.
• Government Whip and Vemulawada MLA Adi Srinivas joined the immersion procession and said the observance reflects nature worship and women’s self-respect.
• Municipal authorities organized immersion-site logistics and upgraded festive lighting across the town with more than 900 lights for Bathukamma and Dasara.
• Vedic scholars attribute the seven-day practice to worship of the Sapta Matrukas and trace its origins to a local legend dated to around 1010 AD.
• Customs featured women and girls singing “Bathukamma Bathukamma Uyyalo,” with guidance for married women and daughters-in-law to celebrate at both marital and parental homes.