India News | Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP MLA Ambati Rambabu Participates in Bhogi Celebrations

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): Ambati Rambabu, the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA of Sattenapalli Assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh participated in a dance programme on the occasion of Bhogi on Friday.

During the Bhogi celebrations in Sattenapalli, Rambabu accompanied women folk dancers and danced around the bonfire.

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Bhogi bonfire is a tradition, part of three-day Telugu festival Sankranti celebrations.

Bhogi is celebrated on the first day followed by Sankranti on the second day and finally Kanuma on the third day.

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Bhogi, largely celebrated in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is part of the Pongal festival in which useless household articles are put in a bonfire.

Pongal is observed to mark the end of the winter and the beginning of the harvest season. (ANI)

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