Telangana Peoples Association of Dallas (TPAD) organized one of the biggest shows of Bathukamma and Dasara celebrations at Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas. Under the leadership of Foundation committee chair, Janaki Ram Mandadi; Board of Trustee, Pavan Gangadhara; President, Chandra Reddy Police; Executive committee Coordinator, Sudhakar Kalasani; Board of Trustee Vice Chair, Madhavi Sunkireddy; Vice President, Ravikanth Mamidi; General Secretary, Madhavi Lokireddy; Treasurer, Anuradha Mekala, this event was celebrated successfully.
Program started with a poorna kumbham along with a beautifully choreographed Ganesha song performed by young kids. From folklore to classical, trendy to frenzy the participants showed their prowess in cultural programs. Women were at their pinnacle best with colorfully donned Bathukammas and were singing and dancing to the Bathukamma tunes. The entire arena was flooded with bathukammas and beautifully dressed up ladies. Over 1500 women formed gigantic circles and adorned Bathukammas followed by nimajjanam at the arena itself. Priests performed Dasara pooja on the stage and tied the scared thread to the Jammi tree. The idols were carried in a beautifully decorated chariot along with a procession; young kids danced with kolatam sticks. The cultural program line up included singer Anjana Sowmya, Shilpa Rao, Praveen and Actresses Mehreen Kaur, Director Kona Venkat and the ETV famous anchor Ravali.
Under the guidance and leadership of Ajay Reddy, Rao Kalvala, Raghuveer Bandaru and Board of Trustees, Indu Pancharpula, Buchi Reddy Goli, Sharada Singireddy along with Ram Annadi and Ashok Kondala twenty-two committee worked for this event to ensure all arrangements are taken care of. The Executive Committee members included Srini Vemula, Ratna Vuppala, Rupa Kannayyagari, Madhumathi Vysyaraju, Deepthi Suryadevara, Sharath Yerram, Roja Adepu, Linga Reddy Alva and TPAD Advisors- Venu Bhagyanagar, Vikram Jangam, Naresh Sunkireddy, Karan Poreddy, Jaya Telakalapalli, Arvind Muppidi, Ganga Devara, Sateesh Nagilla, Kalyani Tadimeti and collaboration team – Vamshi Krishna, Swapna Thummapala, Srinivas Tula, Vijay Reddy, Aparna Kolluri, Anusha Vanam, Sasi Reddy Karri, Manjula Todupunoori, Gayathri Giri, Sharath Punreddy, Srinivas Annamaneni, Sreedhar Kancharla, Nitin Chandra, Sravan Nidiganti, Madhavi Menta, Vandana Gouru, Srikanth Routhu, Thilak Vannampula, Raghu Vootukur, Bala Ganapuram, Deepika, Kiran Talluri, Abhishek Reddy, Shravan Nidiginti have supported the execution of the event.
