tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post8576852988839727977..comments2024-03-01T03:25:41.579-08:00Comments on Lens and Sensibility: Bathkamma, Bathkamma uyyalo...Sadhana Ramchanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15991153093567162107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-78763711640560557302008-09-30T10:38:00.000-07:002008-09-30T10:38:00.000-07:00John, yes this bathukamma is alive and thriving we...John, yes this bathukamma is alive and thriving well even in the US of A. Like Sadhana there are others who might have been silent observers during their childhood but the distance from their motherland in their adult life had made these celebrations possible in their adopted lands. http://www.indusladies.com/forums/general-discussions-usa-and-canada/12922-bathukamma-festival-during-navaratri-3.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-89187427806880864192008-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:002008-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:00Bathkamma festival is still celebrated with enthus...Bathkamma festival is still celebrated with enthusiasm. So are all the other festivals. <BR/><BR/>Yes, life is changing...it is inevitable, but like everywhere else, there is good and bad about the change.Sadhana Ramchanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991153093567162107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-47347672981932665192008-06-14T00:38:00.000-07:002008-06-14T00:38:00.000-07:00Thanks Sadhana! for your reply.I would be interest...Thanks Sadhana! for your reply.<BR/>I would be interested more in knowing<BR/>about Bathkamma and if there are any attempts to protect this heritage. I now live in France for the 20 last years and everytime when I come to India to visit my family in Hyderabad and Kazipet, I find the place so changed. Even the lifestyles of the people had changed to a graet extent and that reflects the changing India. If that is so then there is a threat that these festivals which we adore<BR/>as our cultural identity may be extinguished in no time. What do you think about that?<BR/>John-NoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-29267114152127733202008-06-12T19:51:00.000-07:002008-06-12T19:51:00.000-07:00Very true. Thanks for this comment. Do visit again...Very true. Thanks for this comment. Do visit again.Sadhana Ramchanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991153093567162107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-82221593734707605762008-06-12T13:57:00.000-07:002008-06-12T13:57:00.000-07:00Bathkamma is one of the richest religious and cult...Bathkamma is one of the richest religious and cultural traditions of the people of Warangal. I grew up in Kazipet and my chilhood memories of neighbourhood celebrating Bathkamma cannot be erased. I am a Roman Catholic but this festive season of Bathkamma has left an impact of love, admiration and respect for all faiths.<BR/>It used to be a great delight to see people in large processions with decorations of Bathkammas each overseeding the other, women and young girls clapping and singing the rythmic folk chants around in small circles. People from all the villages converged at Waddepally and at Hanamakonda.<BR/>John-NoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591449903058916120.post-86095196811283218332007-10-04T12:22:00.000-07:002007-10-04T12:22:00.000-07:00It's good..It's good..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976744966729604137noreply@blogger.com