The bedecked idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari.
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Mysuru: The idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, which will be kept in the 750-kg golden howdah to be carried by Dasara veteran elephant Abhimanyu during the Jamboo Savari procession in Mysuru, was brought in a tableau from Chamundi Hill to Mysuru palace on Thursday morning.
Adorned in an orange Mysore Silk saree, the idol was brought amid the tunes of nagaswara and Vedaghosha in the tableau. The mini-procession was cancelled this year.
"The saree was specially woven by the KSIC for the goddess. Dasara executive committee, led by district in-charge Minister H C Mahadevappa and Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy, bought the saree," Sri Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority secretary M J Roopa told DH.
The tableau started from the hill after chief priest of Sri Chamundeshwari temple N Shashishekar Dixit offered a pooja on Thursday around 9 am. Roopa accompanied the idol and handed it over to Mysore Palace Board deputy director T S Subramanya around 10.30 am. The idol will be housed in the golden howdah.
The tableau passed via Sangolli Rayanna Circle (Chamundi Hill circle), Lalitha Mahal Palace road, Ittigegoodu (Indira Nagar) and reached the palace through the Jayamarthanda gate. A customary pooja was offered near Sri Sathyanarayana Swamy temple at Ittigegoodu. People offered obeisance to the goddess along the route.
International Booker Prize award winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurated the Dasara celebrations atop the Chamundi Hill, along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on September 22 by lighting a lamp before this same idol, which was in a silver mantapa. The idol, which is usually kept at Gombe Thotti of the palace, was taken to the hill on September 16 for the inauguration programme.