Bheemalpen Festival
Adilabad district, Telangana (Various mandals including Utnoor, Asifabad, Narnoor, Indravelli, and Neredigonda) — celebrated every year by the Gond and Kolam Adivasis in the lunar month of Margashira (December–January) . This festival marks the beginning of the tribal festival season and involves taking wooden deities ('Devul') to sacred water bodies for the ritual bath known as 'Gangasnan'. The Kolam and Gond Adivasis perform special puja to Bheemalpen during this season[referen…
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Kamdev (Khamdev) Temple Jatara
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, and Telangana.
Annual – Pushya Purnima (Ja…
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Durajpalli Peddagattu Jatara (Gollagattu Jatara)
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, Odisha, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
Biennial (e…
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Vattikota Alwar Swamy
Father of the Telangana Library Movement | Pioneer of People’s Literature 📚 First Telugu Novelist | 🚶♂️ Mobile Library Pioneer | 📖 Founder, Deshoddaraka Grantha Mala | 🗞️ Editor, “Telangana” Vattikota Alwar Swamy (1 November 1915 – 5 February 1961) was a pioneering Telugu writer, human rights activist, communist leader, journalist, and publisher from the Nalgonda district of present-day Telangana, India. He is widely regarded as the first Telugu novelist and the “Father of the Telangana Libr…
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Suravaram Pratapa Reddy
Social Historian | Pioneer of Telangana Renaissance | Founder of Golconda Patrika 📜 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award | 🗞️ Editor, Golconda | 📚 Andhrula Saanghika Charitra | 🕊️ First President, Nizam Andhra Mahasabha Suravaram Pratap Reddy (28 May 1896 – 25 August 1953) was a towering figure in the social, literary, and political history of Telangana. A scholar fluent in Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, and English, he was a poet, novelist, literary critic, lawyer, journalist, and above all, a social histo…
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