Telangana Rashtra Avatarna Dashabdi Utsavalu - A Showcase of Development and Achievements “Oorura Cheruvula Panduga” celebrations in the adopted village, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Guduru on 08-06-2023

Telangana Rashtra Avatarna Dashabdi Utsavalu or Telangana State Decennial Formation Day Celebrations are being organised by the Government of Telangana in the historic context of the State entering the tenth year after its formation in 2014. Each day of the 21-day long celebrations from 2nd June, 2023 has been dedicated to showcase progress in a particular sector or initiative. The celebrations are proposed to be marked by cultural events like plays, poetry recitals, Ashtavadhanas, cinema, performances by folk artists, music, and dance. On June 8th (Thursday), “Oorura Cheruvula Panduga” (celebrations at water bodies in every village) was well organised. Under the chairmanship of Dr C Narendra Reddy, Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Dr T Ramesh, Convenor Village adoption programme Team along with four second year B Sc (Hons) Agri. Students participated in the event held in adopted village Gudur, Kottur mandal. Students included K Yogesh - CARA-2021-143, V Charan CARA-2021-176, T Akash - CARA-2021-174 and G Sravan-CARA-2021-070. The event started from the shiva temple with beating of drums and songs. Rally was taken which included ZPTC, MPTC, village officers, elders, farmers, women and children. The procession culminated at the village Ramayya cheruvu. On the banks of the cheruvu a congregation was held at the ammavaru temple. In the cultural fete that followed bonam was offered to the goddess and bathkamma songs were recited. Women and children danced with drum beat in a rhythmic manner. Every village member offered their tributes to the goddess in praise of the cheruvu and for the benefit accrued from the cheruvu water. This all looked like a festival glorifying the natural resource in this case the cheruvu. Sumptuous food was offered to one and all. Students enjoyed the entire programme and took photos in the cheruvu bed and also learnt about the customs of the village and the offerings given to the temple in response to the natural resource provided by the cheruvu.