Mysuru: Veteran poet and writer Channaveera Kanavi will inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara 2016 festivities atop Chamundi Hills at 11.40 a.m on Saturday, October 1.
A host of dignitaries including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, district in-charge Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait, Minister for Kannada and Culture Umashre and others will be a part of the event.
The Chamundeshwari temple is being spruced up and the Utsava Murthy of the goddess has been embellished and decked up while the temple interiors have been decorated with flowers. Several programmes are slated for Saturday and the cultural programmes at the main palace premises will be inaugurated at 6 p.m. while the State Sangeeth Vidwan award 2016 will be conferred on Hindustani musician Pandit Somnath Mardoor on the occasion.
Classical and folk art forms will be presented at Jaganmohan Palace, Ganabharathi, Chikka Gadiyara or small clock tower and Town Hall. The events at the venues will be inaugurated in the evening. The Mahila Dasara will begin with a rangoli contest for women in front of the Kote Anjaneyaswami temple at the Palace Gate North. An exhibition of products prepared by women self-help groups and entrepreneurs will be on display at the J.K. Grounds from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dasara sports will also be inaugurated on Saturday. Siddaramaiah will flag off the sports flame from Chamundi Hills at around 11.40 a.m. The film festival will be inaugurated at Kalamandira in the afternoon with eminent personalities like Bharati Vishnuvardhan, director S.K.Bhagawan, Nagatihalli Chandrashekar, actress Sudharani and others taking part in it. The films will be screened at Skyline, Olympia, DRC Inox, Lakshmi theatres in Mysuru besides a few selected theatres in the taluk head quarters.
