{"date":"2026-10-09","on_now":[],"coming_up":[{"name":"Bathukamma","slug":"bathukamma","kind":"Festivals","faith":"Hindu","where":["IN"],"starts":"2026-10-10","ends":"2026-10-18","date_approximate":false,"on_now":false,"days_away":1,"short":"Telangana's flower festival: women stack seasonal blooms into a cone, sing around it, and dress in new sarees.","sarees":[{"name":"Pochampally Ikat","note":"Ikat sarees from the Pochampally cluster, Telangana.","on_pallu":false,"url":null},{"name":"Gadwal sari","note":"Cotton body and silk border saree from Gadwal in Telangana.","on_pallu":true,"url":"https://pallu.cpn.cleartrust.cc/s/gadwal-sari"}],"url":"https://pallu.cpn.cleartrust.cc/days/bathukamma"},{"name":"Navratri","slug":"navratri","kind":"Festivals","faith":"Hindu","where":["IN"],"starts":"2026-10-11","ends":"2026-10-19","date_approximate":false,"on_now":false,"days_away":2,"short":"Nine nights of the goddess, with Garba and Dandiya in Gujarat and a chosen colour for each day in many 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Cite the url and keep the attribution.","published_by":"EveryPallu, a ClearTrust publication"}