Bonalu
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Bonalu is a famous festival in Telangana of offering to goddess Mahankali. The Mahankali temple is located in the busy streets in the Secunderabad area which is also known as Lashkar. The festival period starts in this region and continues for every week in different places.
The Dance of balancing pots: Colourfully dressed female danceres balancing pots (Bonalu) step to rhythmic beats and tunes in praise of the village deity Mahankali. Male dancers called the Potharajus follow the female dancers to the temple lashing whips and emerald margosa leaves tied around their waists adding colour to the roaring trumpets and pulsating percussion.
The festival of Bonalu is celebrated in the month of Ashada masam, the month preceding the Shravana masam but not in the shravana masam.
