The people of Medak celebrate all religious festivals but the famous festival is Bathukamma The BATHUKAMMA Panduga (Festival) is one of the most famous festivals of Andhra Pradesh especially of Telangana region celebrated mainly by the women. Celebrated during Navarathris it honours goddess Gouri on the name of Bathukamma. In Telugu, ‘Bathukamma means ‘come alive Mother Goddess’. Bathukamma panduga, the spring festival, is the largest festival of Medak District. Celebrated during Durga Navaratri, the 9-day festival will conclude one day before Dussera. People celebrate Bonalu, a thanksgiving to the Mother Goddess for fulfillment of vows. The animist world we strongly reflected in these celebrations. Peerla Panduga, celebrated by both the Hindus and Muslims, is an example of cultural inter-mixture. Though in recent times the communal polarization had killed many such cultural practices
