Telangana American Telugu Association Atlanta Chapter successfully conducted Dasara celebrations. With the blessing from TTA Founder Dr. Pailla Malla Reddy, and under the direction of Dr. Vijayapal Reddy (Advisory Chair), Dr. Mohan Reddy Patalolla (Advisory Co-Chair), Bharath Reddy Madadi (Advisory Member), Vamshi Reddy Kancharakuntla (President), Naveen Reddy Mallipeddi (President Elect) and the guidance from Smt. Kavitha Reddy (General Secretary and Nationwide Bathukamma Advisor), Bathukamma festival is being celebrated in a grand scale across the USA this year.
The event, held on October 19, 2024 at Desana Middle School was performed on a grand scale in Atlanta, the home state of Advisor Member Bharath Reddy Madadi Under the leadership of Swathi Chennuri (Women Committee Advisor / BOD- TTA) and Board of Directors Karthik Nimmala and Venkat Gaddam.
The event was very well organized and celebrated with a huge crowd of over 2,000 people. Men, women, and children dressed in traditional outfits created a Telangana atmosphere in Atlanta. RVP’s Sudheer Reddy Kotha, Trilok Guntuka and organizing team Prabhakar, Madhu, Giri, Jyotsna, Deepthi, vani, Swetha, Deepika, Shailaja, venkat Nalluri, Shashank, Nidish, Ashok, Kiran, Raju, JC , Madhav, and all the TTA Atlanta team members who worked very hard for the grand success of our event.
Many volunteers helped and assisted during the event. Local singers Janardhan Pannela, Raaga Vahini and Sravanthi KT entertained audience with semi-classical and folk songs. Priest Bhakar performed Gouri Puja and Jammi Puja with TTA Core Team, and thus making an auspicious start to the event.
MC for the event was Lavanya Sreenath. Many leaders of local and national organizations (ATA, GTA, TDF, TANA, GATES, GATA, TAMA) represented the celebrations showing their support. Leaders and dignitaries handed over the mementoes to Sponsors, Donors and Artist. TTA Atlanta team conveyed sincere thanks to sponsors, donors and volunteers for their support and help.