Mysuru Dasara festival

Bangalore

Mysuru Dasara: Now, book Jamboo Savari, drone show online

Mysuru: The Mysuru district administration has started online ticket sales for major events of Dasara 2026, allowing visitors to plan their participation. Tickets for the Jamboo Savari, Torchlight Parade and Drone Show,…
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Mysuru Dasara festivities ends with spectacular procession

Mysuru: Curtains came down on the 11-day-long world-renowned Mysuru Dasara celebrations in this palace city on Thursday, with a spectacular procession on the occasion of Vijayadashami, marking the grand finale. Celebrated as…
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International Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurates Mysuru Dasara

Mysuru: The famous Mysuru Dasara festival commenced in the city and palaces on Monday with religious and traditional fervour, with International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the festivities. Mushtaq inaugurated the…

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SC to hear plea against invite to Banu Mushtaq for Mysuru Dasara

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 18, agreed to hear a plea challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara this…
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HC rejects pleas against Banu Mushtaq’s invite to inaugurate Mysuru Dasara

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the state government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the ‘Mysuru Dasara’ festivities this year. A…
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Mysuru Dasara inauguration: PILs filed against Banu Mushtaq’s invite

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has received three more Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the state government’s decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s ‘Mysuru Dasara’.…
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Mysuru Dasara secular festival: Karnataka CM defends invite to Banu Mushtaq

Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday, August 31, defended the decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year’s Mysuru Dasara, describing the event as a “secular”…

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Yaduveer Wadiyar okays Banu Mushtaq’s invite as long as ‘she respects Devi’

Mysore-Kodagu MP and descendant of the Yadu kings of the Wadiyar dynasty and custodian of the Mysuru Palace’s traditions, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said there is no opposition to International Booker Prize…
Bangalore

FIRs after Islamophobic posts target Banu Mushtaq’s Dasara invite

Two FIRs have been registered in response to the Islamophobic and offensive social media posts triggered after the Congress-led Karnataka government’s inaugural invite to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for the upcoming…
Bangalore

Mysuru Dasara’s centrepiece jumbo Arjuna killed by wild tusker

Bengaluru: The majestic elephant Arjuna, who carried the golden ‘howdah’ during the famous Mysuru Dasara procession, died in a fight with a wild tusker during a capture operation in Karnataka’s Hassan district on…