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Mysuru Dasara begins with an 11-day programme of cultural events
Mysuru Dasara has begun in Mysuru, Karnataka, with an 11-day programme of festivities.
Abhinava Gavisiddesheshwara Swami of Gavimutt opened the festival by lighting a traditional lamp and offering flowers to the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and other dignitaries attended the ceremony on Chamundi Hills.
The programme includes cultural events, sports, a food festival, a book fair and traditional wrestling.
Dasara began as a royal festival and is now celebrated as an event for the people, while still reflecting Mysuru’s royal traditions.
The seer used the occasion to call for support for farmers, protection of rivers and investment in village schools.
The 11-day Mysuru Dasara festivities began with a traditional ceremony atop Chamundi Hills.
Abhinava Gavisiddesheshwara Swami of Gavimutt lit a lamp and showered flowers on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and other dignitaries attended the inauguration.
The programme includes cultural events, a flower show, citywide illumination, sports, a food festival, a book fair and wrestling bouts.
More than 200 seers and religious heads attended the inaugural event for the first time.
- Who
- Abhinava Gavisiddesheshwara Swami of Gavimutt inaugurated the festivities. Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and other dignitaries attended.
- What
- The 11-day Mysuru Dasara festivities began with a traditional ceremony.
- When
- Sunday.
- Where
- Atop Chamundi Hills in Mysuru.
- Why
- The festivities celebrate Mysuru’s cultural heritage and royal traditions.
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I have come to pray for good rains and a good harvest, and for the happiness of the people.
However advanced technology may become, we cannot download rice and sambar. We depend on the crops grown by farmers.
We can import many things, but we cannot import water.
Loving another human being as a human being is humanity.
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- Duration
- 11 days
- Location
- Chamundi Hills, Mysuru
- Inaugurating seer
- Abhinava Gavisiddesheshwara Swami of Gavimutt
- Attendees
- More than 200 seers and religious heads attended for the first time
- Programme
- Flower show, citywide illumination, sports meet, cultural programmes, food festival, book fair and wrestling bouts
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