Mysore Dussehra : Get ready to experience

Hi friends. From Yesterday(October 1st, 2008), Dussehra or the Navaratri festival is being celebrated across Bangalore, Karnataka, India and especially in Mysooru. Dussehra is the most popular festival in Mysore. It is celebrated on a grandiose scale here. Elephants are decked up with robes and jewelery and taken in processions through the streets of the city. In fact, many people visit Mysore from all over the country to watch this colorful event. There is also a floating festival in the temple tank at the foot of Chamundi Hill and a procession of chariots around the temple at the top.

The Dussehra of Mysore or Mysore Dassara as it is famously called is a 10-day long festival. On the day of Dussehra, a procession of caparisoned elephants carrying the idol of goddess Chamundi is taken through the city. The festival is celebrated in a grand style with scores of cultural performances in the great Durbar Hall of the Maharaja's Palace. On Vijaydashami, the 10th day of the festival, a colorful procession featuring caparisoned elephants winding through the gaily-decorated streets of the city, mark the occasion.

Many programmes are also held, on the Dasara Occasion.
Here is a brief list--

Programmes List - Janapadothsava
Janapadothsava, Janapadaranga (near Kalamandira)
Date Time Program Details
03 October 2008 /
Friday 2.00 PM to 3.00 PM Dasara Janapadothsava Procession
3.00 PM onwards Inauguration by Kum. Shobha Karandlaje, District Incharge Minister Presided by Sri H. S. Shankarlinge Gowda, MLA
6.00 PM onwards Veeraghase
Somana Kunitha
Pooja Kunitha
Kamsale
Gaarudi Gombe
Patta Kunitha
Dhollu Kunitha
Halage Mela
Kamsale
Bhajana Mela
Makkala Janapada Gayana
04 October 2008 / Saturday 5.00 PM onwards Janapada singing
Sobane pada

Dance Drama
05 October 2008 / Sunday 5.00 PM onwards Yakshagana
Bayalata
Sannatta
Doddatta
Dance Drama
Sangyabalya Dance Drama
Sri Krishna Parijatha
Kolatta
06 October 2008 / Monday 5.00 PM onwards Janapada singing on the story
theme of Manteswamy and Malemahadeshwara
Music and Dance performance
by College troupes
Chlidren's Dasara
07 October 2008 / Tuesday 5.00 PM onwards Kolatta
Ummathatta
Dhongra (Punjabi dance)
Dollu Kunitha
Tableau show of places in
Karnataka of Janapada interest
Closing ceremony

Dasara festival is celebrated with great pomp and happiness across Mysooru as well as across Karnataka.

So, here's wishing everyone a very very happy Dussehra.
And friends, if you have not been to Mysooru for the dussehra, then you would better rush, as it is a place, where dassara festival takes place officially.

And to be a part of dussehra is a wonderful experience.
Only people who have experienced or seen the dassara in Mysore knows that.

So, if you haven't been to Mysore for dassara, then rush now.
You can check out the following website www.mysoredasara.com for more information about Duseehra festival.

Once again, i wish you all a very happy Dussehra.
God bless all.