Hyderabad is getting ready for Sadar, the festival the Yadav community celebrates on the second day after Diwali. This year two Murrah buffaloes from Haryana, 'Khali' and 'Yuvraj 2', are drawing crowds. Telangana Today reports they travelled nearly 1,700 km to the city.
About Khali and Yuvraj 2
- Each weighs 1,800 kg.
- Khali is four years old and 6.5 feet tall; the paper calls him one of the tallest buffaloes in the country.
- Yuvraj 2 is about two and a half years old and about 6 feet tall. His sire, 'Yuvraj', won the All India Cattle Championship.
- Their daily diet includes about 10 litres of milk, apples, bananas, grass, grains, wheat bran and dry fruits.
- Five other buffaloes will also take part.
"This year, both Khali and Yuvraj 2 will be special attractions at the Sadar festival," said Edla Abhinandan Yadav, one of the Musheerabad organisers. Organisers plan to collect semen for breeding and claim the offspring will give almost twice as much milk as local breeds.
When and where
Diwali is on Sunday, November 8. Sadar is on Tuesday, November 10, at Musheerabad and Narayanaguda. The Telangana government declared Sadar Sammelan a state festival by an order dated November 1, 2024, directing GHMC and district collectors to hold it every year.
