MCC to Bear the Cost of Rs 1.39 Crore for Illumination Roads during Mangaluru Dasara
Mangaluru: This time the Mangaluru Dasara will be brighter. More lights would be illuminated on the streets and buildings around the Temples where Dasara is celebrated. Mangalore City Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur informed that Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) is spending nearly Rs 1.39 crore to illuminate the roads leading to Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara, Mangaladevi, Urwa Marigudi, Bhagawati, Venkataramana and other temples in Mangalore city where the 10-day Dasara has been celebrated from 15 October.
The MCC will make permanent arrangements for lighting the streets of the city during Dasara. Mangalore City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath said Mangalore Dasara is as popular as Mysuru Dasara and people from across the State visit the region during the period. For the last few years, the MCC has been lighting the streets. The MCC will address issues related to clearing waste and arranging drinking water supply needs of the temples and also repair pavements leading to these temples.
The Gokarnanatha temple management is illuminating streets where the Mangaluru Dasara Shobha Yatra was being taken out. This included Kudroli Temple, Mannagudda, Lady Hill Circle, PVS Junction, Navabharat Circle, Hampankatta, Car Street, and New Chitra Theatre, in Mangaluru. The Mangalore Dasara (Tulu: Marnemi, Konkani: Mannami), is a festival which is also referred to as Navarathri Festival, Vijayadashami. The tiger dance, lion dance and bear dance are the main attractions. People decorate their houses and businesses, shops, hotels, etc. Most of the roads in Mangalore such as M.G Road, K.S Rao Road, Carstreet, and GHS Road are garnished with lights and electric lanterns for the procession.
Royal Pilinalike (Tulu: Pili Yesa, Kannada: Hulivesha) is a folk dance performed during Dasara. Typically young males form troops of five to ten. They are painted and costumed like tigers and use a band with two or three drummers. The band is called Thaase in Tulu. This troop is accompanied by the manager of the group. These troops will be roaming the streets of their towns, with the accompanying drum beats of their bands. They stop at homes and businesses or on the roadsides to perform for about ten minutes after which they collect some money from the people who have observed their performance. The Pilinalike is performed to honour the goddess Sharada, whose favoured animal is the tiger.
During Navaratri, various idols along with Sharada Devi will be installed by the priests at Swarna Kalamantapa amidst the chanting of hymns and performance of Vedic rituals. In these nine days of celebrations, the decorated idols of Sharada Devi along with Mahaganapati and Navadurgas will be worshipped.
