Posted: Thu, 10/27/22 11:40pm Update
Bulls trained by trainers showed off their signature move at the Sardar Festival in Narayanguda on Thursday. Photo: Suryas Ridar.
Hyderabad: Sardar is a festival of a different type, a parade of bulls or male buffaloes, with big celebrations taking place across the city on Thursday. The day after Diwali, the Yadav community celebrated this colourful carnival, with bulls brought from various states making their presence felt in the congregation in Narayanguda.
Bulls from Haryana and Punjab, especially ‘Krishna’ and ‘Baahubali’ stole the show with their huge features in the parade. The majestic bulls are adorned with ornaments, anklets, garlands, and their horns are colored in addition to a full-body massage with mustard oil. They also wore special headdresses decorated with peacock feathers.
Under the trainer’s training, several bulls showed off their signature moves, including standing on their hind legs, to everyone’s amazement.
The streets leading to Narayanguda from Musheerabad, Kachiguda, Barkatpura and Himayatnagar come alive as the bulls make their way to the congregation to “teen maar” beats and DJ songs. There are lively tracks in the background, with young people dancing to the tune of the bulls, while some take selfies with them.
At several locations in Chappal Bazar, Kachiguda and Narayanguda, huge stages were set up with decorative lasers and disco lights to welcome the bulls and celebrate with their owners. According to organizers, nearly 40,000 people, including several from neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, came to witness one of these festivals unique to Hyderabad.
Krishna:
All India Yadav Mahasabha State General Secretary Edla Haribabu Yadav brought this majestic Murrah variety from Haryana exclusively for Sardar Festival. The seven-foot-tall bull measures 18 feet from nose to tail and weighs 1,800 kilograms. The diet consists of 10 to 15 liters of milk and cottonseed cake per day, in addition to 40 to 50 apples or 4 to 5 dozen bananas and 1 kg of cashews, almonds, pistachios and raisins.
king:
A 6.5-foot king from Punjab also attended the festival. Measuring 17 feet from nose to tail and weighing more than 1,700 kilograms, its diet consists of feed, milk and dried fruit.
Baahubali:
The bull was brought from Haryana by Akhil Bhartiya Yadav Mahasabha State President Nanda Kishore Yadav and is the star attraction of Chappal Bazar Sadar celebrations. The bull weighs more than 2,000 kilograms, is 7.5 feet tall and measures 18 feet from nose to tail, and in addition to milk, it eats fruit and dried fruit and chickpea flour. According to Kishore Yadav, the bull is a three-time world champion at the Cattle Expo.
Commando:
The 7-foot-tall and over 2,000kg commando in Chapar Bazar, who came here from Kerala, caught everyone’s attention at the festival.
