Lashkar Bonalu on July 24 & 25: Talasani

The famous Ujjaini Mahankali Matha Bonalu festival will be held for two days on July 24 and 25, Cinematography Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav said on Saturday. Releasing a poster on the traditional Bonalu at Secunderabad, Talasani said elaborate arrangements were being made for the event. Huge crowds from districts are expected to flock the temple to attend the Bonalu for two days. Yadav said from July 10, Bonalu festivities would start at Golconda Ammavari temple and culminate at the same place in the last week of July. The minister said the State Government was giving equal priority to all the festivals, including Ramzan and Christmas and celebrating them at State-level. This time the Bonalu will be celebrated with renewed fervor and Prasadam and drinking water packets would be offered to the devotees thronging the temples. He directed the officials concerned to spruce up the temples to suit the occasion with illumination of bright lights besides barricading, special buses, generators, security, bandobust and traffic regulation. Yadav requested the media to extend cooperation for the smooth conduct of the Bonalu festival.