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Ashada Jathara Bonalu Festival at Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple at Secunderabad

Ashada Jatara Bonalu Festival is an important annual ritual held at the famous Sri Ujjaini Maha Mahakali Kali Temple at Secunderabad in Telangana in the Telugu Month of Ashada. In 2024, Ashada Jatara Bonalu Festival at Sri Ujjaini  Mahakali Temple is on July 21. Rangam festival will be observed on July 22. Bonalu is an important Hindu festival dedicated to Mother Goddess in the Telangana region and is a major event in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple is an important sacred place dedicated to Shakti worship in Andhra Pradesh. The deity was installed here in the beginning of 19th century by some devotees from Ujjaini. The devotees were part of an army contingent and when they arrived at Secunderabad, the place was hit by a major cholera outbreak in which thousands of people died. Some of the soldiers in the army contingent returned to Mahakali Devasthanam at Ujjaini and prayed to the Goddess to save Telangana region from the grip of cho