Source-backedVariable CustomHeightened editorial care

Bonalu

The Government of Telangana’s Hyderabad district portal describes Bonalu as a major Telangana festival, and the state publishes current annual calendar information.

Date / ruleAshada-season festival; Gregorian dates vary by temple and year
ScopeTelangana Hindu festival and cultural tradition
VerificationGovernment Cultural Source
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Bonalu?

The Government of Telangana’s Hyderabad district portal describes Bonalu as a major Telangana festival, and the state publishes current annual calendar information.

Date and recurrence

Ashada-season festival; Gregorian dates vary by temple and year

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Telangana Hindu festival and cultural tradition. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Government of Telangana, Hyderabad District — BonaluGovernment
  2. Government of Telangana — Calendar 2026Government Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Bonalu?

Ashada-season festival; Gregorian dates vary by temple and year The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve from the authoritative target-year/local calendar or organizer source; stored rule/context: Ashada-season festival; Gregorian dates vary by temple and year.

Does Bonalu fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Bonalu an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Telangana Hindu festival and cultural tradition. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Bonalu?

The stored designation basis is: The Government of Telangana’s Hyderabad district portal describes Bonalu as a major Telangana festival, and the state publishes current annual calendar information.. Supporting provenance includes Government of Telangana, Hyderabad District — Bonalu. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Bonalu international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Telangana Hindu festival and cultural tradition. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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