Chief Minister Siddaramaiah showering flowers on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, placed on the 750-kg golden howdah carried by tusker Abhimanyu, to flag off the Jamboo Savari in Mysuru on Thursday. District in-charge Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar are also present.
| Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram
The expansive Dasara festivities in the City of Palaces drew to an impressive close on Thursday, as the Jamboo Savari offered a spectacular finale to the ‘Nada Habba’ (State festival), which had transformed Mysuru into a colourful hub of celebration and drawn thousands of visitors over the past 10 days.People flocked to the city to witness the finale, with spectators capturing and experiencing every moment with exuberance, in keeping with its rich legacy.Elaborate arrangements were in place with the city police taking extra caution and deploying tight security to ensure an ‘incident-free’ finale. Unlike earlier years, seating arrangements on the palace premises and around the Chamaraja Circle was restricted owing to security reasons. Yet, people turned up in sizeable numbers and stood to watch the grand spectacle unfolding on the Raja Marga – from Palace to Bannimantap – raising cheers, and capturing the sight in their mobile cameras.
