Royal family member Pramoda Devi Wodeyar inaugurates 'Srirangapatna Dasara Mahotsava'
Srirangapatna: Mysuru royal family member Pramoda Devi Wodeyar on Monday officially inaugurated the traditional and historic ‘Srirangapatna Dasara Mahotsava.’ The festival will be held for the duration of three days starting from October 16.
After the Nandi Puja, Pramoda Devi Wodeyar launched the Jambu Savari procession by offering floral tributes to Sri Chamundeshwari Devi placed at the Ambari near Kiranguru Bannimantapa.
While Mahendra the elephant carrying the Chamundeshwari idol stepped ahead solemnly, elephants named Varalakshmi and Vijaya also marched ahead on both the sides of Mahendra. A two kilometer Jumbo Savari Procession headed towards the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangapatna was held.
Various traditional and cultural art forms were performed by performing arts groups, which included Police Band, Cavalry, Pooja Kunita, Veeragase, Nagari, Jade Kolata, Garudi Gombe, Tamate, Kansale, Dollu Kunita, Somana Kunita, Onake Kunita, Ranga Kunita, Koli Nrutya, Kahale , Nasik Dhol, Dodda Anjaneya, Pattada Kunita, Yakshagana Nrutya , Hulivesha, Halakki Sugi Kunita, Kerala Chande, Jaggali, Mahila Dollu Kunita.
District In-charge Minister N. Chaluvaraya Swamy, MLA AB Ramesh Bandissidde Gowda, District Collector Dr. Kumar, District Superintendent of Police N. Yatish, District Panchayat CEO Sheikh Tanveer Asif, other dignitaries and officials were present during the occasion.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
