Overview
- The Bonalu opening procession began from the small temple near Langar Houz and moved about 800 metres to the inner fortification, drawing thousands of devotees on Thursday.
- Hyderabad Police put about 2,000 personnel on the ground and the city police commissioner inspected security and crowd control arrangements from the foothills to the temple.
- Authorities activated drone cameras, a wide CCTV network, stepped-up Crime Wing patrols and SHE Teams to prevent theft and to protect women devotees.
- Civic agencies HMWS&SB and GHMC deployed hundreds of staff for water supply and sanitation while Traffic Police set special parking and movement plans to ease congestion.
- Devotees carried decorated earthen or brass Bonam with ritual foods such as parvanam and curd rice and some reported animal sacrifices as part of the month-long Bonalu goddess worship tradition.