Bathukamma, Telangana’s floral festival, is celebrated with music, dance, and devotion. Over the past eight years, singer Mangli has become one of its most recognisable voices, her songs echoing ...

Bright flower stacks, rhythmic claps, and voices rising in unison — the spirit of Bathukamma is filling Telangana with colour and rhythm. Women are gathering in streets, home yards, and near temples, ...