From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Sep 8: A high-level committee on Dasara celebrations this year held with chief minister B S Yediyurappa in the chair at its meeting held in Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday decided to organise Karnataka’s major festival of Dasara in a simple manner without any grand celebrations.
The meeting decided that all traditional ceremonies like puja to Goddess Chamundeshwari will be conducted.
This year, the Covid Warriors like doctors, nurses, Asha workers, poura karmikas and policemen will be the main guests for this year’s Dasara.
The famous and traditional Jumbo Savari will be confined to the Mysuru Palace premises with a maximum of 5 or 6 elephants to carry the Howda as a symbolic gesture.
In order to avoid public gatherings in large numbers, the high level committee has decided to drop the food festival, Yuva Dasara and sports events.
However, the entire Mysore City will be illuminated as is being done every year.
Chief minister Yediyurappa directed release of Rs 10 crore for this year’s Dasara festival.
The meeting decided that any kind of Chinese products or toys will be allowed and only domestic and indigenous products and toys will be permitted for sale as part of Atma Nirbhar initiative.
The meeting was attended by deputy CMs (DCMs) Govind M Karjol, Dr C N Ashwath Narayana and Laxman Savadi, Kannada and culture minister C T Ravi, Mysore district in charge minister S T Somashekhar, chief secretary T M Vijaya Bhaskar, MPs Sumalatha Ambarish, Pratap Simha, KSTDC chairperson Shruti and Mysore deputy commissioner attended the meeting.
The CM later inaugurated the veer savarkar built by BBMP at yelahanka satellite town.
DCM Dr Ashwath Narayan, urban development minister Byrathi Basavaraj, home minister Basavaraj Bommai, Kannada and culture minister C T Ravi, CM’s political secretary S R Vishwanath and BBMP commissioner Manjunath Prasad attended the function.
The CM also later inaugurated India’s first composite Air Ambulance Service and ICATT Kyathi air ambulance service.
Chief executive officer Dr Shalini Nalwad, medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar, health minister B Sriramulu, revenue minister R Ashok, DCM Govind M Karjol, Kannada, culture and tourism minister C T Ravi attended the programme.