On Sunday, Telangana celebrated the Sankranti festival with great zeal and excitement. Outside the houses, colourful ‘Muggu’ (rangoli) were drawn. People went to temples and offered their prayers.
Telangana’s three-day ‘Makar Sankranti’ celebrations began on Saturday with ‘Bhogi,’ the first day of the festival, when bonfires were lit.
In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the harvest festival of ‘Sankranti’ is celebrated for three days as ‘Bhogi,’ ‘Sankranti,’ and ‘Kanuma’. Sankranti is the main festival, followed by ‘Kanuma’ when cattle are worshipped.
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, and other leaders extended their greetings to the people.
Soundararajan and Raj Bhavan parivar members participated in Makar Sankranti festival celebrations at the Raj Bhavan here.
The Governor prepared the traditional Pongal dish and offered it to the Sun on the occasion of the auspicious harvest festival, according to a Raj Bhavan release.
On Saturday morning, as is customary, a ‘Bhogi’ bonfire was lit outside houses, while children and youth flew kites.
Thousands of people travelled from Hyderabad to their native places and neighbouring states to celebrate the festival.
ALSO READ: Sankranti 2023: Telangana govt establishes helpline to combat synthetic manja sale
BRS creates buzz in Andhra Pradesh this Sankranti festival
The Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway was congested as thousands of people travelled from Hyderabad to various locations in neighbouring Andra Pradesh to celebrate the festival. In the run-up to the festival, trains and buses were congested with passengers.
As people left for their native places to celebrate Sankranti, there was a heavy rush at the Pathangi and Bibinagar toll gates.
On Thursday, 56595 vehicles passed through the Panthangi toll gate in Choutuppal, including 42,844 cars, 1,300 RTC buses, 4,913 private buses, and 7,538 goods and other vehicles.
On Friday, a total of 67,577 vehicles passed through the toll gate, including 53,561 cars, 1,851 RTC buses, 4,906 private buses, and 7,259 goods and other vehicles.
On Friday, 25231 vehicles passed through Bibinagar (Hyderabad – Warangal), including 17844 cars and 872 buses.
From Warangal to Hyderabad 13334 vehicles passed the toll gate. Traffic police official Rachakonda, D Srinivas said that heavy passenger traffic was observed at the Vijayawada bus stand in LB Nagar and heavy vehicular traffic was observed at the Panthangi toll gate between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
(This story has been sourced from a third-party syndicated feed, agencies. Raavi Media accepts no responsibility or liability for the text’s dependability, trustworthiness, reliability, and data. Raavi Media management/ythisnews.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content at its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.)
