This celebration is also known as Bhogi Mantalu, as people burn unwanted household items in a blaze made of wood and cow dung cakes on this day. Villages and towns across both the Telugu states ...

On Bhogi Pandigai, people light a bonfire, also known as Bhogi Mantalu, in which they burn old clothes, household items, and other things that symbolize the past. The fire signifies the burning of ...