One plus point of college is the diverse group of people we come across, from different cultures, areas, religions etc. And how this in turn leads us to find new things, festivals and traditions of people who live with us in the same country.

We've all heard of Navratri so today I'll tell you about Bathukamma, a festival that my college introduced me to.  It is celebrated predominantly in Telangana and is a flower festival celebrated at the same time as Navratri.

Bathukamma is a beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers most of them with medicinal values, in seven concentric layers in the shape of temple gopuram (monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple). Historically, bathukamma meant "festival of life" and was celebrating crop harvest.

It is the festival for feminine felicitation. On this special occasion women dress up in the traditional sari combining it with jewels and other accessories.

Share with me what other not so well known festivals of India which should get the same awareness as India's other major festivals.