Lashkar Bonalu began on Sunday with thousands of devotees, especially women in their traditional attire, offering 'bonam' to Goddess Mahankali and other goddesses at various temples in Secunderabad. As always, the Ujjaini Mahankali temple in General Bazar saw the maximum turnout of citizens and VIPs. Mega borther Nagababu and Powerstar Pawan Kalyan visted the temple and offered prayers to the goddess.
At the centuries-old Ujjaini Mahankali temple, women started filing in from 5 am itself with the 'bonam', (a pot carrying rice, jaggery, milk and curd and covered with neem leaves and a lamp placed on it) on their heads.
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Rastra Chiranjeevi Yuvatha president Ch.Venkateshwar rao, General secretary Swamy Naidu, chief advisor Ramu yadav. Hyderbad Chiranjeevi Yuvatha president K.Vamshidhar rao, advisor Narender yadav, Hyderbad Chiranjeevi yuvatha members G.S.Mallick, Y.S.Rambabu, Nagaraj, Velu kumar, Mukesh, Vishal, Shastry, Sudhakar attended the event.
The temple was also decked up for the festival with special illumination.The lanes and bylanes of Secunderabad were filled with processions of devotees with 'bonam' on their heads to offer to the goddess. Devotees from surrounding districts including Mahbubnagar, Medak and Nalgonda too visited the temple and offered prayers.
