The Bathukamma played at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad achieved place in Guinness Book of world records. This is a rare achievement for the state of Telangana during the Dasara festival season. 9292 women participated in Bathukamma here at a time. This is a world record it is reported.
The chairman of the TS Legislative council, Swamy Goud while congratulating the women for achieving the record said that the Tourism department and GHMC has achieved this. This was named as Mahabathukamma.
Mayor Bonthu Rammohan said that 40 representatives from across the world have participated in the event. Earlier it was a dance of 5000 people in Kerala which was in the world record books. Now the same has been surpassed by the Telangana numbering more than 9292. The World record judges have treated this as large number of women dancing on a single platform at a single point.
The women came in large numbers to the stadium while it was raining cats and dogs. The women braved the rain and danced together to the tune of Bathukamma songs. On the other MP Kavitha who is currently in Australia for Bathukamma congrajulated the women who have achieved this World record. CM KCR also said that if women unite there is nothing that cannot be achieved.
That is reason women must manage the house he opined. Different departments strived for the smooth display of this Mahaa Bauthakamma at the LB stadium. First there was some confusion if the event would go ahead as it was raining heavily. But the women came forward even with umbrellas and started playing for the record. They did not go back, that was the commitment that they had.
The police as a precautionary measure has deployed she teams for the security of women who would be coming to play the Bathukamma here.
