Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Oct 5: Changes have been affected in vehicular movement in the city on Thursday October 6, on account of procession relating to Mangalore Dasara, and car festival of Goddess Mangaladevi Temple, by the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district.
The procession of the idols of Goddess Sharada and different forms of Goddess Durga will leave the premises of Lord Gokarnanatheshwara Temple in Kudroli here, at 4 pm on Thursday. The procession will take the route of Mannagudda, Lady Hill, PVS Circle, Navabharath Circle, Hampankatta, K B Circle, Mohini Vilas, Car Street, Balaji and culminate at Kudroli temple, where the idols will be immersed in the temple tank.
The changes in vehicular movement will in force from 4 pm on Thursday till the procession ends on Friday morning. In the case of Mangaladevi car festival, the changes in traffic will be effective from 7 pm on October 6.
Vehicular movement during the period the Dasara procession moves through different locations has been banned, a release said. In the case of Mangaladevi car festival, movement of vehicles from the direction of Cassia and Monky Stand towards the temple and movement of buses from Mulihitlu will remain banned since the beginning of the procession, it added.