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GVK

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Much hyped ‘Jamboo savari’ is worse than a village shandy. It lacks luster; it’s nothing but chaotic. So says Prof. G Venkatasubbaiah to Deccan Herald’s Prathibha Nandakumar. Navarathri (he never calls it Dasara) had its glory during the Maharaja days, says the professor, adding that the procession once provided a grand spectacle that had made Mysore dasara world famous. The ceremonial march comprised not just the Palace cavalry, but also two carts carrying members of the royal family, the royal cow, Maharaja’s elephant, and the dancing horse that moved to rhythmic beats. Bringing up the rear was His Highness on a golden howdah mounted elephant.


.Photo: Dasara Committee website


Dr U R Ananthamurthy has his own take - “we  thought taking the Maharaja on an elephant was a feudal custom and a sign of our backwardness and superstition”. A self-proclaimed anti-royalist, Dr URA had Kuvempu as a teacher and mentor and, during university days, he came under the influence of the socialist movement in Malnad. A group of socialist volunteers, including J H Patel, under the leadership of Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, waved black-flag at the Maharaja on the elephant.    


 


 



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Nataraj.K.R.

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Contray to this, i wish to post an e-mail received from a fellow Mysorean. which talks great about Mysore apart from Dasara.........


 > Nice 1......for all Mysoreans....&


> Of course non Mysoreans can also read to know


> Mysore........


>


> Mysore cannot be experienced in holidays or


> weekends. Like a creeper growing and encircling the


> staff, you have to live, and grow with Mysore to


> experience it. You have to be with the ajjis


> (granny) who have seen you from the time you were


> soooo small, where the maid who works in your house


> is your family maid, your ajji had "recruited" her


> mother.


>


> When you go on an evening walk, the poojari of the


> Ram mandir stops and chats with you, and moves on


> saying there is a pooja at 5 next morning, that's


> Mysore for you.


> ¬When you walk a little ahead and the librarian says


> he has the latest copy of "Kasturi" or "Mayura"


> (magazines), that's Mysore for you.


> When the milkman sees you on a walk, and delivers an


> extra half litre without being asked, that's Mysore


> for you.


> Mysore is when you board a bus at the bus-stand and


> conductor-uncle gives you a ticket without asking.


> Mysore is when you collect little red 'gulganji'


> seeds on your way back home from KukkarahaLLi Lake.


> Mysore is when you come by the Tippu express, and


> you find someone going in your direction to drop you


> off.


>


> Mysore is when elephants are marched in from the


> forests for Dussehra or where the "yuva dasara"


> takes place in the open air theater at


> Manasagangotri.


> Mysore is when you wait for your copy of "Star of


> Mysore".


> Mysore is when the English movies are only at


> Rajkamal or Sterling.


> Mysore is when you look for your KEB uncle to book


> tickets at Woodlands.


> Mysore is when there are student body elections in


> Sarada-Vilas.


> Mysore is the eternal SJCE-NIE feud.


> Mysore is when Jayciana, Technics is (BE-college


> functions).


> Mysore is when you got your project report bound at


> Venkates Venkateshwara Binders in Saraswatipuram.


> Mysore is having grape juice at RTO circle.


> Mysore is buying vegetables at Agrahara.


> Mysore is buying plantain leaves in NanjumaLige,


> savoring the aroma of the agarbatti factory behind.


> Mysore is eating ice-creams at Penguin or at the


> oldest ice-cream centre at Mysore which is


> PHALAMRUTA.


> Mysore is eating dosa at Mylari Hotel.


> Mysore is eating hot pakodas and bajjis on a breezy


> Friday evening at chamundi hills or climbing that


> 1001 steps on a early Sunday morning to touch the


> clouds.


> Mysore is having biriyani early in the morning, near


> Philo's church.


> Mysore is drinking sugarcane juice near KukkarahaLLI


> Lake.


> Mysore is munching corn-on-the-cob in the palace


> foreground.


> Mysore is going to KRS on saturday / sunday.


> Mysore is visitng Zoo free on Childrens day.


> Mysore is going to exhibition during dasara.


>


> Mysore is when I grew up in Mysore.


> My Mysore.


> Mysore before GRS, before the under bridge in front


> of Saraswatipuram Fire Brigade, before Infosys,


> before Ring-Road.


> Those who grew up in that Mysore, will relate to me


> more than those who came to Mysore, for a


> three-month stint in Infy or a week's holiday to


> enjoy its serenity. Than those, who think Mysore is


> a good place to invest. Than those, who think


> chilling out in Mysore is just CCD or Pizza Corner.


> Oh, How they misunderstand my pretty home!!!



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GVK

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Would like to add, if I may, to Mr K R Nataraj's input, with a reference here to blog, named Mysorean (Click to access), hosted by Mr Aditya Nataraj. A kin of yours, K R ?

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Mysorean

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Hi,


That was a post in my blog where I quote Viky, a fellow mysorean. Viky had commented on Anu's blog in an article on Mysore.


I would definitely like to touch base with Mr. K. R. Nataraj to know if we have any common friends or even relatives. Thanks for the link Mr. GVK!  



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GVK

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Dear Mysorean, It may not be a bad idea to network Mysore bloggers, by linking them through Mymysore site. This could facilitate once-in-a-while get-together of Mysore bloggers on the lines of the Delhi Bloggers Meet. Just a thought.

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Nataraj.K.R.

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It is a good idea to meet up. Yes, Mysorean, who knows .....when me meet up, we can establish some roots. Cheers.

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Guru

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Prof. G Venkatasubbaiah's words: " Navarathri (he never calls it Dasara) had its glory during the Maharaja days, says the professor, adding that the procession once provided a grand spectacle that had made Mysore dasara world famous. The ceremonial march comprised not just the Palace cavalry, but also two carts carrying members of the royal family, the royal cow, Maharaja’s elephant, and the dancing horse that moved to rhythmic beats. Bringing up the rear was His Highness on a golden howdah mounted elephant".

I echo the above sentiments of the professor. Indeed, during 1950s when the then Maharaja was reduced to a Rajapramukh and then demoted to a mere governor, Mysore lost the lustre that was unique, that made 'Navarathri' so special andMysore so singularly famous and every Mysorean so proud. Krishnaraja Wodeyar showed that modernisation and progress could co-exist with royalty. Democracy, the then politicians should have realised, could co-exist with royalty- Britain was and is an example. No exception was made in the case of Jayachamaraja Wodeyar then, and a friend of my father said to me when governorship was thrust on Maharaja 'watch, the shine will come off Mysore within your life time '. Today the palace is a mere building and jamboosavari is a mere item in a procession without much meaning.

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SANJAY

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Talking Web Site for Mysore
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First talking website for Mysore that too for the tourism department, I request everyone to check this site www.mysoretourism.org.  This site talks instead of a silent website this has become a talking site.  Later stages this site will be updated to the Interactive Talking site where in we can ask any questions and the website will reply by talk.


Regads,


SANJAY



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