INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MYSURU As public had no access to watch the direct the jumbo savari (elephant procession) directly, thousands watched the procession live
streamed on State-owned tv news channel and also on social networking page of Information department on Monday after the prevailing
emergency situation on account of Covid-19 restricted the procession from its usual march of about 6-km to just about half a kilometer march
within Mysore Palace premises
The guest invitees were toned down to 300 to the venue.On several occasions, the State Government had conducted the Mysore Dasara
festivities on a low-key affair in times of emergency in the past and this year owing to Covid-19 spread in Mysuru city testing about 500
positive case each day, it was decided to hold the procession within the confines of Mysore Palace to keep away mass gathering on roads on
city such as yuva dasara, food mela among a host of cultural events while the jumbo savari was the main crowd puller drawing lakhs on to the
roads to watch caparisoned elephants march from Mysore Palace premises to Bannimantapa, the culmination point of the procession
However, illumination of city roads was the lone attraction during this Dasara.On jumbo savari day, entry of people to Mysore Palace was
restricted by the police and as a precautionary measure, police had sealed the roads leading to Mysore Palace with barricades and made some
Yadiyurappa showered flowers petals on Goddess Chamundeshwari idol carried on golden howdah weighing about 750-kg on the back of royal
festivities on a low-key on account of Covid-19 and flood damages and if everything goes right, the next Dasara festivities would be a grand
