While America awaits a Madam President in 2016, new-born Telengana has just been blessed with a Madam Ambassador, a living Goddess. 

She has rare talent (and beauty), and we feel she will serve her native land just as well as her native game. 
Our request to Sania Amma – kindly consider gifting the 1CR ($160,000) fee for the empowerment of women of Telengana. That would be an answer to so many prayers.
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[ref. Wiki] Bathukamma is a flower festival unique to Telangana. It is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri.
It starts on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya and the 9-day festivities
will culminate on “Saddula Bathukamma” or “Pedda Bathukamma” festival on
Ashwayuja Ashtami, popularly known as Durgashtami which is two days
before Dussehra. 

Bathukamma is followed by Boddemma,
which is a 7-day festival. Boddemma festival that marks the ending of
Varsha Ruthu whereas Bathukamma festival indicates the beginning of
Sarad Ruthu.



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Bathukamma represents cultural spirit of Telangana. Bathukamma is a
beautiful flower stack, arranged with different unique seasonal flowers
most of them with medicinal value, in seven concentric layers in the
shape of potter’s clay like a cone. 
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In Telugu, ‘Bathukamma’ means
‘Mother Goddess Come Alive’ and Goddess Maha Gauri-‘Life Giver’ is
worshipped in the form of Bathukamma – the patron goddess of womanhood
(Maha Gauri Devi).



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It is the festival for feminine felicitation. On this special
occasion women dress up in the traditional sari combining it with jewels
and other accessories. Teenage Girls wear Langa-Oni/Half-Sarees/Lehenga
Choli combining it with jewels in order to bring out the traditional
grace of the attire.
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 Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was on Tuesday appointed ‘Brand Ambassador’ of Telangana. She will promote the new “state’s interests” in India and abroad,
according to industrial infrastructure corporation managing director
Jayesh Rajan.

Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao handed over a
letter of appointment and also a cheque of Rs one crore to 27-year-old
Sania at an interaction session with industrialists here. “Telangana is proud of Sania who is a true Hyderabadi. She’s now ranked
number five in international tennis and we wish she becomes the number
one,” the chief minister said on the occasion.
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  Indian
tennis ace Sania Mirza achieved a career-best rank of number five in
the world as the new WTA doubles chart was released on Monday.

Her father and coach Imran Mirza said, “I’ve always
believed Sania had the potential to be a top-5 player. I’m happy she
has overcome heavy odds to justify her promise.”

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Link (1): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sania-Mirza-appointed-brand-ambassador-of-Telangana/articleshow/38854265.cms

Link (2): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/Sania-Mirza-enters-top-5-for-first-time-in-her-career/articleshow/37947942.cms

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