Hyderabad, June 10 -- Telangana Endowments Minister Konda Surekha and Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar have directed officials to make elaborate and grand arrangements for the upcoming Ashada Bonalu festival, to be celebrated from June 26 to July 24.
The instructions came during a high-level review meeting held at the MCRHRD in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The ministers announced that the state government has sanctioned Rs 20 crore for the festival, which will commence at the Sri Jagadamba Mahankali Temple in Golconda on June 26.
A series of rituals and events will follow, including a meeting at the Sri Ujjaini Mahankali Temple in Secunderabad on June 29, a Kalyanam and silk cloth offering ceremony at the Sri Yellamma Pochamma...