Thodasam Clan’s Sacred Festival | Unique Sesame Oil Ritual | Annual Gathering of Raj Gonds Narnoor village & mandal, Adilabad district, Telangana — celebrated every year by the Thodasam clan of Raj Gonds on the full moon day (Purnima) of Pushya masam (January) . The five-day festival draws thousands of Adivasis from Gond, Kolam, Thoti, and Pardhan communities, as well as devotees from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, …

Biennial Serpent & Tribal Festival | Lord Lingamanthulu Swamy & Goddess Choudamma | 25 Lakh Devotees Durajpalli, Chivemla Mandal, Suryapet district, Telangana — celebrated every two years prior to Maha Shivaratri in the lunar month of Magha masam (January–February) . This is the second largest congregation in Telangana after the Medaram Jatara, drawing devotees from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odis…

Ashada Month Celebrations | Secunderabad Lashkar Bonalu | Potharaju & Rangam Traditions 22 Days | Regional Goddesses | Thottelu | Palaharam Bandi | Oracle Foretelling Bonalu is a folk festival dedicated to the Mother Goddess, very famous and loved by people. It is celebrated during the rainy season month of Ashada (around July/August) and goes on usually for twenty‑two days. A minimum of twenty days is conceptually required to fulfil the promi…

Second Largest Tribal Carnival | Mesaram Clan of Gonds | 10-day Serpent Festival Keslapur village, Inderavelly Mandal, Adilabad district, Telangana — celebrated by the Mesaram clan of Raj Gonds and Pardhans every year in the lunar month of Pushya masam (December–January) . Devotees from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and across Telangana gather to worship Nagoba (Sheshnag), the clan deity and progenitor of the Mesaram lineage.��…

10-day Tribal Dance Festival | Raj Gond & Kolam | Telangana's Living Heritage Northern Telangana – Adilabad, Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial & Nirmal districts . Celebrated by the Raj Gond and Kolam tribes for about 10 days during Deepavali. The festival begins with a crescent moon and ends on the dark moon day (Diwali). A spectacular re-enactment of the celestial marriage procession of Yetma, daughter of the God of Creation.��������…