Mysuru is gearing up for 21-day special illumination

The trial run of the special illumination of the city for Dasara is on with the engineers of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), Mysuru, which has taken up the task of illuminating the city for 21 days from October 3, going through the arrangements that began sometime ago. The LED lights have been switched on over the last few days to ensure the workers had complied with the designs planned.

The trial run of the special illumination of the city for Dasara is on with the engineers of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), Mysuru, which has taken up the task of illuminating the city for 21 days from October 3, going through the arrangements that began sometime ago. The LED lights have been switched on over the last few days to ensure the workers have complied with the planned designs.

The illumination will spread over an area of 130-km within the city, covering 100 circles along with 65 artworks in lights. Prominent circles, including K.R. Circle, Chamaraja Circle and others looked impressive when the trial run was conducted on Sunday evening.

As usual, the grand green pandal on Sayyaji Rao Road with bright green lights will welcome the tourists.

The government is spending ₹6.5 crore on the illumination. A total of 2,881 kilowatts of power is expected to be consumed – 2,42,012 units of power has been estimated to be consumed during the 21-day illumination.

One of the new attractions of Dasara this year is a drone show in which 1,500 LED bulb-fitted drones will make different formations, lighting the sky. The show will be organised on October 6 and 7 and again on October 11 and 12 from 8 p.m. to 8.15 pm at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap. The show on October 6 and 7 will be free.

Minister in-charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa said, “The drone show is the new Dasara attraction. It will entertain the tourists with special shows.” The agency that did drone shows at Varanasi and Haridwar will be staging the show in Mysuru. As many as 10-15 formations will be presented.

With the illumination being the major attraction, tourists, like last year, are expected to experience the illuminated city commuting on the open-top ‘Ambari’ double decker buses. KSTDC will be operating six Ambari buses this Dasara and bookings have already begun for the rides. The buses facilitate tourists glimpse the city coming alive in dazzling lights.