Telangana govt. urged to organise Pravasi Bathukamma in Dubai
The Telangana NRI Advisory Committee has requested the state government to officially sponsor Pravasi Bathukamma celebrations in Dubai. The event aims to help the Telugu diaspora maintain cultural ties with their homeland.
Why it matters
Official state support for cultural events abroad serves as a soft-power tool to engage the diaspora and promote regional heritage.
NRI Advisory Committee chairman and former Ambassador B. M. Vinod Kumar has urged the Telangana government to organise Pravasi Bathukamma celebrations in Dubai under the aegis of the Department of Culture.
In separate letters to Tourism and Culture Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and Telangana Cultural Sarathi chairperson G. V. Vennela Gaddar, he requested them to facilitate the celebrations as an official cultural event of the Telangana government.
Mr. Vinod Kumar said the Pravasi Bathukamma festivities are scheduled to be held in Dubai on October 17. Nangi Devender Reddy and Kottala Satyam Naragoud, members of the Telangana Government’s NRI Advisory Committee, and Dubai-based social worker Sutari Satyanarayana will coordinate the event, he said.
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