Balarama carrying the golden howdah with the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari moving out of the palace during the Jamboo Savari in Mysore on Sunday

2007-10-22 - Mysore, India , Krishna Kumar

A slice of the royal orient unfolded to a sea of humanity as the caparisoned elephants led the Jamboo Savari or the Vijayadashmi procession to mark the grand finale of the 10-day Dasara festivities here on Sunday.Bringing the curtains down on the “Naada Habba,” the Vijayadashmi procession, symbolising the triumph of good over evil and a tradition inherited from the Vijayanagar emperors, rolled out of the palace premises complete with ensemble of folk troupes and caparisoned elephant Balarama...

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