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  • Telangana emblem: BRS opposes Congress govt’s ‘attempt to remove’ Charminar from Telangana emblem

    Hyderabad: The opposition BRS in Telangana on Thursday said it would hold protests against the Congress government’s alleged move to remove Charminar and the ‘Kakatiya arch’ from the state emblem. BRS working president K T Rama Rao, who visited Charminar here along with other party leaders, said Charminar is the identity of Hyderabad.

    Speaking to reporters, Rama Rao alleged that the Congress government does not want former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to get a good name for the BRS government’s performance during the last 10 years.

    He also accused the Congress government of trying to belittle the progress achieved during the tenure of BRS. “We oppose the Congress government’s attempt to remove Charminar and the Kakatiya arch from the official logo of Telangana,” he said, adding that the BRS would also take up protests on the issue. AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesHe demanded that the Congress government withdraw its alleged attempt to remove the Charminar and also the arch of the Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal from the state emblem. The proposed agitation by the BRS came in the wake of the state government’s move to make a new state emblem reflecting the “struggles and sacrifices of Telangana” and also a new state song. BRS leader RS Praveen Kumar opposed popular music director M M Keeravani of Oscar-winning ‘Natu Natu’ fame composing music for the state song ‘Jaya Jaya He Telangana’ penned by poet Ande Sri. Kumar took exception to the “authority” of Keeravani, who is a native of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, over the state song of Ande Sri.

    “Tollywood and Telangana movement are different. Tollywood is for entertainment and on the other hand, Telangana anthem is a common thread of emotion that brought all hearts of Telangana together during movement. It’s not Hollywood that gave tune to Jana Gana Mana and Vandemataram,” Kumar said on ‘X’ on May 27.

  • Sukma came into existence in 1300 AD, know the history of Mahadev Dongri ancient Shiva temple

    Sukma came into existence in the year 1300. The predecessors of the landowners of Sukma, who worked in the region under the then Maharaja of Bastar, originated from Rajasthan. He escaped from Rajasthan to Warangal State in Andhra Pradesh to escape atrocities during the Mughals’ reign in Rajasthan. They reestablished themselves here and began to lead their lives but the curse of bad times did not stop them from worrying even more, they were often subject to the highness of Maratha kings and Peshwas who were separated Taxes and penalties were levied. In order to avoid these atrocities, the predecessors of the zamindars have been passing through various forest areas through Sukma sent from around and started seeking shelter for themselves. One family in this group consisted of a father, mother and their boys, who tried to cross the Shabari River to reach the other bank of the river, but when they were in the middle of the river their boat got stuck in the swirl of the river. She went and an angel appeared to them and asked them to make a sacrifice among them to ensure the safety of the rest. The father readily accepted to offer to sacrifice himself, but his boy contested and said that as you are both healthy you can still have children and so I sacrifice myself by saying Let the boy jump into the river.