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Mysore Dasara is the state festival in the state of Karnataka in India. It is a 10-day festival, starting with nine nights called Navaratri and the last day being Vijayadashami . The festival is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvina , which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October.
Mysore Dasara procession Golden Howdah atop the leading elephant during Dasara. Elephants are an integral part of the Mysore Dasara Festival. The elephants form the core of the Mysore Dasara procession on the Vijayadashami day. The lead elephant carries the Golden Howdah (Chinnada Ambari) with the Goddess Chamundeshwari in it.
The city of Mysore has traditionally been a major center of Dasara-Vijayadashami celebrations. [34] This festival is called Dasara in Karnataka and the 10 day festival is celebrated as Shara navaratri where the Goddess in every temple is worshiped for 10 days in 10 forms with different Alankar/forms to signify different Goddesses avatar.
Arjuna (born c. 1959 - 4 December 2023) was an Asian elephant who, from 2012 to 2019, was the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara. [2] He was named after Arjuna, the third of the Pandava brothers from the Hindu epic Mahabharatha. Arjuna was part of a Karnataka Forest Department to tackle wild elephants across ...
Golden Howdah atop the leading elephant during Dasara. The Golden Howdah,'ಚಿನ್ನದ ಅಂಬಾರಿ'(elephant seat or Chinnada Ambari in Kannada) is a howdah, the carrier mounted on the leading elephant during the Jamboo Savari (Elephant Procession) of the famous Mysore Dasara.
Mysore Palace illuminated with 96,000 bulbs during the Mysore Dasara Festival. 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.
Balarama (c. 1956 – 7 May 2023) was the lead elephant of the Mysore Dasara procession and carried the idol of goddess Chamundeshwari on the fabled Golden Howdah thirteen times between 1999 and 2011. [1] Balarama was a bull born about 1958 and was accompanied in the procession by other Dasara Elephants.
In Mysore, Mysore Dasara. Dasara Elephants, an integral part of the Mysore Dasara festival; In Madikeri, Madikeri Dasara; In Mangalore, Mangalore Dasara; In Nepal, the 15-day festival of Dashain; In Northern India, the tenth day of the festival, Vijayadashami; In Himachal Pradesh, a seven-day festival starting on that day, Kullu Dussehra