The Washington Telangana Association (WATA) welcomed a record crowd to its annual Bathukamma celebration on Sep 27,2025 at North Creek High School,Bothell transforming the venue into a colorful mosaic of flowers, songs, and shared heritage. Often called Telangana’s “festival of flowers,” Bathukamma honors the goddess Gauri and the bounty of nature through hand-crafted, tiered flower stacks and communal rounds of singing and dancing together .

Attendees — spanning multiple generations and cultures — took part in a traditional Gauri Pooja, followed by a vibrant procession of Bathukamma into the venue. Women proudly carried Bathukammas prepared at home, each beautifully stacked with layers of fresh flowers. The celebrations continued with the playing of Bathukamma, where women joined toge

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