Mysuru Dasara to be held on a grand scale this year
The Hindu
The state government has decided to build Mysuru Dasara as an international brand through various activities in the next two months leading to the 10-day festivities
Declaring that this year’s Mysuru Dasara will be celebrated on a grand scale, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the government had decided to build it as an international brand through various activities in the next two months leading to the 10-day festivities.
Briefing presspersons after a meeting of a high-power committee on Dasara-2022, the Chief Minister said the Information Department had been instructed to take up measures for publicising Dasara in various airports of the country.
Similarly, it was mandatory for all the government departments to use the emblem of Dasara in their advertisements, releases, websites, and social media platforms, he said.
Mr. Bommai also announced that various practices related to heritage, including the gajapayana (elephants’ procession), would be revived during this year’s Dasara.
Similarly the authorities had been instructed to commence the Dasara exhibition 15 days prior to the commencement of the festivities.
Pointing out that the festivities were simple rituals in the last two years due to the pandemic, he said the government had honoured the views of people that this year’s festivities should be celebrated on a grant scale.
While Dasara will commence on September 26, Nandi Dwaja puja will be performed on Vijayadashami day on October 5, he said.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.