Sankranti is a three day festival for the people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Telugu states People embellish their houses with marigold flowers and mango leaves. People fill the front yard of the house with rangolis and they keep cow soil balls called Gobbemma. The state government of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have also organized colorful artistic programs and events to mark the occasion.
Numerous monuments in the state have also been decorated with lights and flowers to celebrate the jubilee. Townlets and municipalities across in both the states came alive with traditional festivals to mark the major crop jubilee. Sankranti is a major jubilee, which highlights the rich Telugu culture. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Ministers, MPs and Telangana state chief Minister K. Chandrasekar Rao also shared Bhogi at colorful places. Leaders of colorful political parties and officers also took part in ‘ Bhogi ’.
A gleeful atmosphere prevailed in domestic colonies in Hyderabad and the outskirts besides Vijayawada, Guntur, Visakhapatnam and other municipalities and townlets in both the countries. Lakhs of people employed in Hyderabad headed to their homes in colorful sections of both the states. State road transport ports of Andhra Pradesh operated special buses and Railroads operated special trains to carry people to their destinations from Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao wished people on Sankranti.
