telugu festivals, andhra festivals, pandugalu dates,..
Telugu people are very traditional in celebrating Hindu festivals. Various important Hindu festivals or Telugu pandugalu are celebrated in Andhra Pradesh throughout the year. This article consists of a list of Telugu Festivals celebrated in 2010.and upcoming festivals Hanuman Jayanthi, Mahankali Jathara (Banalu Jatara), Varalakshmi Vratham, Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Gokulashtami), Vinayaka Chavithi, Devi Sharan Navaratri, Bathukamma Panduga, Dasara (VIjaya Dashami), Deepavali (Diwali), Kartika Pournami. so on.
March 24, 2010 – Sri Rama Navami
June 7, 2010 – Hanumaan Jayanthi
July 25, 2010 – Mahankali Jatara ( Bonala Jathara or Mahakali panduga) (Lashkar Bonalu)
July 25, 2010 – Guru Pournima (Vyasa Pournima)
August 14, 2010 – Nagula Panchami
August 20, 2010 – Varalakshmi Vratam
September 1, 2010 – Janmaastami (Krishnaastami) (Gokulashtami)
September 11, 2010 – Vinayaka Chavithi
September 26, 2010 – Undralla Thaddhe
October 8, 2010 – Sharan Navaratri Kalasha sthapana (Devi Navarathri 2010 starts)
October 15, 2010 – Bathukamma Panduga
October 16, 2010 – Aayudha Pooja
October 17, 2010 – Dasara (Vijaya Dashami) (Devi Navarathri 2010 ends)
October 25, 2010 – Atla Thaddhe
November 5, 2010 – Deepaavali (Diwali)
November 9, 2010 – Nagula Chavithi
November 21, 2010 – Kartika Pournami
December 17, 2010 – Mukkoti ekadashi
navarthri,chitra masam,sriramanavami, devotional, temple, good, srirama, devalayalu
Chaitra Navratri, also known as Chait Navratri', is the nine-day festival observed in Chaitra masam. Navratri 2010 dates during Chaitra masam from March 16 to March 24. Chaitra Navratri starts on the first day in Chaitra masam and ends on Sri Rama Navami, the ninth day of the month. The first of Chaitra masam is celebrated as Ugadi or Yugadi. This is the Hindu New Year day as per the calendars of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Chaitra Navratri is very popular festive season in North Indian states like Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,and south india andhrapradesh etc.
As per the legends mentioned in the Puranas and other Hindu scriptures, Chaitra Navratri is the actual Navratri during which Goddess Durga was worshipped. But during the time of Ramayan war, Lord Sri Ram worshipped Durga at the time of Ashwin month. Since then, Ashwin Navratri has become the main festive season to worship the Goddess.
Chaitra Navratri is also called as Vasant Navratri or Basant Navratri. This festival marks the beginning of Vasant ruthu (spring season). It is also called as Sri Rama Navratra. Sri Ram Navratri ends on Sri Rama Navami festival.Wherever Ramanama Sangeerthanam is heard, there resides Anjaneya. Therefore Sri Ramanavami is celebrated for 9 days with Japam, Homam and Abishekam. During the Ramanavami festival, Laksharchana for Lord Rama is also performed.The highlight of the celebration is Harikatha Upanyasam on all the 9 days of the festival with accent on Ramanama Sangeerthanam.
Special puja: Sri Sai Ramanavami festival, International Shirdi Sai Consciousness Prachar Centre, Shri Shirdi Sai Mandir, 106/1, Thunganagar, Herohalli, Magadi Main Road, Vishwaneedam Post, 5.15 a.m.
Gnana Yagna Pravachana Saptaha: Swami Abhaya Chaitanya, Sri Brahma Chaitanya Maharaja Mandira, 1692, Banashankari I Stage, II Phase, 6.15 p.m.
Bala Kanda: Srinivasthirtacharya, Punyadhama, 1/N Block, Rajajinagar, 7 p.m.
Ramavatara: Basavananda, The Banhalore Divine Life Society, Chikbazaar Road, Tasker Town, 6.30 p.m.
Bhagawata: Bannanje Govindacharya, Ragigudda Sri Prasanna Anajneyaswamy Bhakta Mandali Trust, Jayanagar IX Block, 6.30 p.m.
Ramayana: Sree Ramaseva Mandali, Government Junior College, Fort High School Grounds, 6 p.m.
Bhagawad Gita: Swami Sukhabodhananda, Governor T.N. Chaturvedi releases "Karma Yoga — the Inner Alchemy of Action", Malleswaram playground, 6.30 p.m.
Bhandarakeri Math: Ramanavami celebrations, devotional songs by Megha Jayasimha, 1343, Bhagavatashrama, Girinagar, 5.30 p.m.
Sri Kalyana Venkateshwara Temple: Ramanavami celebrations, vocal recital by Chitraprasanna and party, M.S. Ramaiah Road, Gokula, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Rama Seva Mandali: Inauguration of Sri Ramotsava and Golden Jubilee by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Ananthkumar, MP; N.L. Narendra Babu, MLA; G. Srinivas, corporator; Ramamandira playgrounds, Rajajinagar, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Bhakta Anjaneya Swami Devalaya Trust: Pratisthana mahotsava and Kumbhabhisheka, vocal recital by Puttur Narasimha Nayak, Agrahara Dasarahalli, Jaimunirao Circle, 6.30 p.m.
Srirama Seva Samiti: Sri Ramanavami celebrations, vocal recital by R.A. Rama Mani and party, Sri Karanji Anjaneyaswamy Temple, Basavanagudi, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Ramula Sannidhi, Sri Andhra Saraswatha Vignana Sangha: Sri Ramanavami Sangeethotsavam, Dharmaraja Koil Street, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi: Inauguration of 58th Sri Ramanavami Music Festival, open air auditorium, Seshadripuram College, Seshadripuram, 6 p.m.
Sri Vani Education Centre: Sri Ramanavami celebrations, vocal recital by Mysore M. Nagaraj, 4B Cross, 3rd Stage, Basaveshwaranagar, 6.30 p.m.
Sri Rama Seva Mandali: Sri Ramanavami celebrations, flute recital by A.S. Aridhar, India Heritage Academy, 20th Main, 6th Block, Koramangala Layout, 6.30 p.m.
Ken School of Art: Exhibition in memory of founder-teacher R.M. Hadapad, inauguration by Su. Krishna Setty, artist and art critic, Chitra Art Gallery, Kannada Bhavan, 10 a.m.
Suchitra Film Society, Max Mueller Bhavan: Festival of R.W. Fassbinder's films, screening of "The Merchant of Four Seasons", B.V. Karanth Road, 6.45 p.m.
BSNL Employees' Union: Open session of Second Circle Conference, M. Sadananda Auditorium, CTO Compound, Raj Bhavan Road, 4 p.m.
Karnataka State Primary School Teachers' Association: Inauguration of State-level teachers' sammelan by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Palace Grounds, 11 a.m.
Sree Raama Raama Raamethi Rame Raame Manorame | Sahasra Naama Thatthulyam Raama Naama Varaanane || Aapadaamapa Harthaaram Daatharam Sarva Sampadaam Lokaabhiraamam Sree Raamam Bhuyo Bhuyo Namaamyaham || |
On Chaitra Sukla Navami (the ninth day of the bright half of Chaitra) 'Sree Ramanavami' is celebrated. Sree Rama was born on this day and years later on the same day Rama married Sita. 'Sree Sitarama Kalyana Mahotsav' (wedding) is performed in the abode Sitarama Temple, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh with great tradition and Bhakti. "Wherever four Hindus live, Rama and Sita will be there" so said Swami Vivekananda, one of the foremost harbingers of modern national renaissance of Bharat. The reverse also is equally true - wherever Rama and Sita live, the people there will remain and live as Hindus.
Every hill and rivulet of Bharat bears the imprint of the holy feet of Rama and Sita. Sri Rama reigns supreme to this day in the hearts of our people, cutting across all barriers of province, language, caste or sect. Even the tribes living in isolated valleys and jungles have names like Mitti-Ram and Patthar-Ram. In some other tribes, every name carries the proud suffix of Ram, such as Lutthu Ram, Jagadev Ram, etc. In many northern parts of Bharat mutual greetings take the form of Jay Ramjee Ki.
Sri Rama has become so much identified with all the good and great and virile qualities of heroic manhood that expressions such as 'Us me Ram nahi hai' (there is no Rama in him) - meaning that a person has lost all manliness and worth - have become common usage. And when a Hindu quits the world stage, he is bid God-speed in his onward journey with Ramanama satya hai or Raghupati Raghava raja Ram, patita paavana Sita Ram. In fact, the latter couplet has become the nation's bhajan par excellence.
Sri Rama's story, Ramayana, has been sung and resung in all the languages and dialects of Bharat. The tradition of writing epics centering round the saga of Rama's achievements started by Valmiki in Sanskrit and was continued by Tulsidas in Hindi, by Kamban in Tamil, by Ramanujan in Malayalam, by Krittivasa in Bengali and Madhav Kambali in Assamia and in fact, in almost every Bharatiya language. The tradition is being continued up to the present day. The Ramayana Darshanam of K.V. Puttappa, the national literary award of Bharat by the Jnana Peeth. The enchanting Geet Ramayana composed in Marathi by G.D. Madgulkar and set to tune by Sudhir Phadke is now thrilling the hearts of millions in Maharashtra.
The various tribal groups too have sung the story of Ramayana in their dialects. Sri Rama, Lakshmana and Janaki mirror the ideals for millions of tribal boys and girls. The Khamati tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, which is Buddhist, depicts Ramayana as the story narrated by
The comparison of Sri Rama's fortitude to Himalayas and the grace and grandeur of his personality to the ocean - 'Samudra iva gaambheerye, dhairye cha Himavaan iva' - portrays how inseparably his personality has been blended into the entire national entity of Bharat.
 The ‘Holi’ festival is a very fun-filled and popular occasion in the northern part of India. It is an occasion when people smear each other with bright colored powders, which are known as Gulal, and colored water. This festival is celebrated around early March each year. It can be said that ‘Holi’ festival is called a bright festival as a wide range of bright colors is used during it. The people believe that the bright colors represent energy, life, and joy.  There are many legends given as the reason for celebrating ‘Holi’. There is one popular legend that is reputed to bring about the birth of ‘Holi’. It seems that long ago there was an evil king named King Hiranyakasipu. His son, prince Prahlad however was very holy and often prayed to God and this infuriated his father. One day, the wicked king ordered his sister, the demon Holika, to kill his son. The demon Holika, who was immune to fire, captured prince Prahlad and entered a fire furnace. She had done this to kill the prince, however it was her who was burnt to ashes. Prince Prahlad was safe and was not burnt at all. The legend goes that before the demon aunt died, she begged for prince Prahlad’s forgiveness and the prince forgave her and announced that her name would be remembered once a year. Thus the festival ‘Holi’ was created. There is also another story behind the festival of ‘Holi’ and it is based on the everlasting love between Krishna and Radha. It seemed that in the Hindu mythology Lord Krishna was known to court Radha and the light-hearted mischievous courtship of his was linked to Holi. Thus Holi is known to be the celebration of love between the two of them. |
Ugadi is celebrated with festive fervor in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. While it is called Ugadi in A.P. and Karnataka, in Maharashtra it is known as "Gudipadava". On Ugadi day, people wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath after which they decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. The significance of tying mango leaves relates to a legend. It is said that Kartik (or Subramanya or Kumara Swamy) and Ganesha, the two sons of Lord Siva and Parvathi were very fond of mangoes. As the legend goes Kartik exhorted people to tie green mango leaves to the doorway signifying a good crop and general well-being.
The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around.
The flame of the forest (trees with bright red flowers that blossom during holi) are in full bloom signifying an affluent season.It is believed that the creator of the Hindu pantheon Lord Brahma started creation on this day - Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya's calculations proclaimed the Ugadi day from the sunrise on as the beginning of the new year, new month and new day.
Ugadhi is Telugu's New Year. Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions made for the new year. The most important thing in the festival is Panchanga Shravanam - hearing of the Panchanga. The Panchanga Shravanam is done at the temples by the priests. Before reading out the annual forecasts as predicted in the Panchanga, the officiating priest reminds the participants of the creator - Brahma, and the span of creation of the universe.
The reading of the Panchanga then involves reading of other Tidhis (wealth and prosperity) during the year and ends with h a forecast for various sectors of the social life and the strengths and effects of various constellations and their transitions. The scriptures state that the benefits reaped by the listener as well as the reader, are equivalent to having a dip in the holy river Ganges. The individuals hearing the Panchanga should respectfully 'thank' the reader and offer him new clothes and seek his blessings.
Preparations for the festival begin a week ahead. Houses are given a thorough wash. Shopping for new clothes and buying other items that go with the requirements of the festival are done with a lot of excitement. On Ugadi day, people wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath. The bath is supposedly to be taken after massaging the entire body using sesame oil.
Karnataka's minister for tourism and leading industrialist Gali Janardhan Reddy Thursday presented a diamond-studded gold crown, estimated to be worth Rs. 450 million (Rs. 45 crore), The crown weight 30 kg and it took nine months for the diamond workers to make it. He Presented to the famous Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirupati. Janardhan Reddy, who owns Brahmani steel plant and Obulapuram mines in Andhra Pradesh, made the rich offering on the occasion of his birthday. He refused to publicly divulge the value of the crown
He offered prayers along with his family members at the world's richest temple located over Tirumala Hills and later presented the crown to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the temple.Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam sources said the crown would adorn "Mool Virat", the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara. Janardhan Reddy told reporters that it was due to the blessing of the lord of the seven hills that he could set up Brahmani Steel plant, which is providing employment to 20,000 people in Kadapa and surrounding districts.