Balotsav
balotsav transl childrens festival annual international cultural festival conducted india telugu child includes competition various aspect painting elocution drama started townlevel event since event gained popularity among school child national level event thousand participant several state india prior event conducted kothagudem second week november starting venue changed vasireddy venkatadri institute technology guntur district andhra pradesh interest telugu language encourage talent competitive spirit among school child town level interschool festival organized kothagudem club first time competition four category — essay writing elocution general knowledge painting conducted district level competition eight category two day celebrating ten year festival retitled balotsav conducted state level child six district andhra pradesh present day andhra pradesh telangana festival conducted second week november close childrens day india competition held category painting elocution poetry essay writing singing dancing classical performance folk performance craft monodrama letter writing competition held telugu language however spelling bee public speaking conducted english language well recognized state national level number participant consistently increased year event widened scope term competition category level currently competition held category annual participation statistic follows st iteration festival held november november special attraction iteration vyarthamtho artham making creative product using waste material short film competition nd iteration festival held november november opening ceremony launched one youngest author india nidhi prakash bangalore event witnessed child school rd iteration festival held november november participant six different state – andhra pradesh delhi karnataka odisha tamil nadu telangana festival attracted student telangana student five state th iteration festival held november november inaugurated shaik sadhiq pasha high school student participated united nation general assembly part childrens delegation mark silver jubilee th iteration festival expanded four day november november event closing ceremony presided municipal administration minister telangana k rama rao th iteration festival conducted november november launched original organizer originally decided cancel festival vasireddy ramesh babu convener several previous iteration said press conferencethat vasireddy venkatadri institute technology vvit expressed willingness host event subsequently given project organized collaboration acharya nagarjuna university andhra pradesh state road transport corporation andhra pradesh state skill corporation andhra pradesh nonresident telugu society child took part festival closing ceremony presided speaker deputy speaker andhra pradesh legislative assembly kodela siva prasad rao mandali buddha prasad closing note vasireddy said vvit would hosting fest future footnote citation