HYDERABAD: The government has allocated Rs 20 crore for the conduct of the Ashada Bonalu festival, which will kickstart on June 26 and culminate on July 24. Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Konda ...
HYDERABAD: The historic Golconda Fort came alive with colour, devotion and festive fervour as the annual Bonalu celebrations kicked off on a grand note on Thursday. The month-long festivities began ...
Hyderabad: A newly discovered inscription has rewritten the history of Bonalu, revealing that Telangana’s folk festival predated the Qutb Shahi period, with evidence tracing it back to 1516 CE. The ...
An inscription dating back to the reign of Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadevaraya has provided the earliest known epigraphical reference to the Bonalu festival in present-day Telangana, offering valuable ...