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- The Mysore Dasara 2013 is the 403rd edition of the annual royal festive gala event, a show of pomp and tradition that is held in the Mysore city in Karnataka, India for 10 days. The festival is called the Navaratri (meaning nine nights or Dussehra or Vijayadashami which conforms to the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Ashvin (Ashwayuja), from pratipada (first day) thithi (day) to navami (ninth) thithi (first nine days of the month) in the Hindu calendar corresponding to 5 to 13 October during 2013. The festival is also called Nada Habba (festival of the country) in Kannada language. The first day of the nine-day festivity started on 5 October with the traditional and religious special puja (worship) performed to Goddess Chamundeshwari in the Chamundi Temple on top of the Chamundi Hill, which forms the backdrop to the city; the temple was beautifully decorated with flowers and tourist from Gujarat, Rajasthan and other states enthralled the audience with their bhajan singing (devotional songs). On this occasion, floral tribute wa offered to the goddess by Jnanpith Award winner Chandrashekhara Kambara and festivities will continue for ten days. The ninth day of the festival is a special event called the Mahanavami when the royal sword is worshipped and taken in a procession of elephants, camels and horses. The festival concludes on 14 October on the dashami day (tenth day from the start of the festival) with the grand finale of Jambusavari (a royal procession) with the idol of Chamundeshawri set in a golden howdah mounted on a richly caparisoned elephant. The procession is taken through the streets of the city and ends in the where, in the evening, a torch light parade is held. Symbolically, the festival represents the victory of good over evil. During the festival period the royal Mysore Palace, fitted with 96,000 bulbs is lit giving the palace a golden hue glittering brightness in the evenings which provides for a grand spectacle. Cultural programmes are part of the festivities. (en)
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- Left: Mysore Dasara procession. Right: Female dancers in trouser-type saris, on top of a truck during Dasara procession in Mysore (en)
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- The Mysore Dasara 2013 is the 403rd edition of the annual royal festive gala event, a show of pomp and tradition that is held in the Mysore city in Karnataka, India for 10 days. The festival is called the Navaratri (meaning nine nights or Dussehra or Vijayadashami which conforms to the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the month of Ashvin (Ashwayuja), from pratipada (first day) thithi (day) to navami (ninth) thithi (first nine days of the month) in the Hindu calendar corresponding to 5 to 13 October during 2013. The festival is also called Nada Habba (festival of the country) in Kannada language. The first day of the nine-day festivity started on 5 October with the traditional and religious special puja (worship) performed to Goddess Chamundeshwari in the Chamundi Temple on top of the Chamund (en)
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