Sadar (festival)

Sadar (సదర్‌) is a buffalo carnival celebrated annually by the Yadav community of Hyderabad, Telangana, India as a part of Diwali.

The buffaloes are decorated with garlands of flowers, painted horns, and paraded through the streets, often accompanied by the crowd dancing to the sounds of teen maar Special Yadav Band (Da Daniki).

Sadar was started by the late Sri Salandri Nyayam Chowdhary Mallaiah Yadav in 1946 at Naryanguda YMCA, Hyderabad.

Narayanguda YMCA Sadar has been organized uninterruptedly annually starting 1946 till date by its founder late Sri Salandri Nyayam Chowdhary Mallaiah Yadav and later by his family members.

[4] Other notable locations where Sadar is conducted are Deepak Talkies, Saidabad, Ameerpet and Khairatabad.

[6][7] Narayanguda YMCA Sadar, which is biggest of all, is celebrated annually in Hyderabad 2 days after Diwali.

Once puja is completed, the first male buffalo in the procession is brought over and made to stomp over the lit diya.

They take special care in breeding cattle which mainly consists of water buffaloes and cows.