Mahisha Dasara was celebrated at the town hall in Mysuru on Friday amid tight security. Mysuru police commissioner Ramesh Bhanoth clamped section 144 in the city to prevent any gatherings, processions for celebrating the festival. However, the commissioner gave permission to celebrate Mahisha Dasara at the town hall from 10 am to 12 pm, barring flexes and processions. Several speakers …
Speakers at a seminar said here on Sunday, September 10, that the history of Mahishasura had been suppressed and a myth had been spun by projecting him as a demon as he represented the indigenous people. The Mahisha Dasara Organising Committee had organised a seminar on the ‘’Historical Perspective of Mahishasura’’ who is projected as a demon killed by goddess …
Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, on Saturday, September 9, claimed that Sanatana dharma is a religion that was closest to science. Responding to Tamil Nadu Minister Udayanidhi Stalin’s reported remark that Sanatana dharma should be eradicated, Mr. Simha, a BJP MP, told reporters in Mysuru that it was Sanatana dharma that had described earth as round while Hanuman Chalis had accurately …
A day after the Organising Committee announced Mahisha Dasara celebration on October 13 ahead of Mysuru Dasara, Mysuru MP Pratap Simha and Krishnaraja MLA T.S. The organising committee had claimed that the State government has given its permission to hold Mahisha Dasara and said the floral offerings will be made to the statue of Mahishasura atop Chamundi Hills on October …
Low-key Mahisha Dasara celebrations were held at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Park in Ashokapuram in Mysuru on Sunday after the authorities refused the organisers permission for the event to be held at the statue of Mahishasura atop Chamundi Hills. Mahisha Dasara was celebrated by offerring floral tributes to a portrait of Mahishasura, who is revered by them as a “great ruler …
