Mysuru: Dist administration lifts ban on tourists visiting city for Dasara
Team Udayavani, Oct 19, 2020, 9:41 AM IST
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri revoked the ban on tourists visiting Covid-hit Mysuru to enable tourists to enter the cultural city of palaces in Karnataka during the Dasara fest.
After a delegation of tourist guides, travel firms and hotels urged Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday to allow tourists and others to visit the city and make-up for the huge losses they incurred during the Covid-induced lockdown over the last 7 months, the decision to revoke the ban Sindhuri imposed on October 15 from October 17 to November 1 was taken by the district administration.
With Mysuru being the second worst-affected after Bengaluru in the state by the pandemic, the world-famous Dasara fest, including the victory parade on the Vijayadashmi day (October 26) will be confined to the Amba Vilas royal palace in the city centre to prevent large gatherings in public places.
Some of the prominent tourist spots across the city are the royal palaces, Jayachamarajendra art gallery, Mysuru zoo and Chamundeshwari temple atop the hill on the outskirts.
Brindavan Gardens, Nimishambha and Sri Ranganathaswamy temples, Tipu Palace, Kokkarebellur and Rangantittu bird sanctuaries in adjacent Mandya district are other popular tourist spots in the old Mysuru region.
About a million (10 lakh) people from across the country and the world over visit Mysuru during the Dasara and Diwali festivals every year to witness the caparisoned elephants procession from the royal palace to Bannimantap grounds across the city for the torch light parade as the grand finale of the 10-day fete.
The grand fest (nada habba) will began on Saturday at the Chamundeshwari temple atop the hill with its formal inauguration by the Bengaluru-based state-run Jayadeva heart hospital director C.N. Manjunath in the presence of Yediyurappa and the invited dignitaries.
Wearing of mask, thermal screening, hand washing with sanitiser and maintaining physical distance are mandatory for all at the venues where the fest events take place.
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