Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols at Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple

Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols at Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 18: Ending ten days of revelry and celebration, idols of Goddess Durga were immersed by teary-eyed devotees at the Shree Kshetra Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara temple at around 8.30am  on Monday, October 18 morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 20th Mangalore Dasara procession on Sunday almost equalled the Mysore Dasara in terms of attendance; it was a colourful and gala affair, which lasted all night. The Gokarnanatha Temple of Kudroli guided the organization of the procession and successfully made it the second-best in Karnataka.

The procession comprised 60 tableaux, dance, and music troupes along a 5-km stretch in Mangalore. The procession, however, took a total of 10 hours, between 4:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., from Monday evening to the wee hours of Sunday morning, to cover the distance. The fireworks show commenced at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday.

The highlight of the procession were the life-size clay images of the Navadurgas—Mahagowri, Mahakali, Kathyayini, Shailaputhri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmandini, Skandmatha, and  Siddhidharti. The procession also comprised 25 folk dance troupes from all over Karnataka and its neighboring states. Some of these were Dollu Kunitha, Hulivesha, Somana Kunitha, Karaga, and Yakshagana from Bangalore; Gombe Mela from Kalladka, Trishur Colour Umbrella dancers, Veeragasae from Shimoga, Panchavadya and Chende troups from Kerala, Kolata troupes from Andhra Pradesh, drummers from Pune, and several local performances, who added life and colour to the procession, giving it not only a religious, but also socio-cultural flavour.

Mangalore refused to go to sleep as people of all age groups and walks of life flocked to view the colourful procession as it made its way along the pre-determined route. The tableaux, colourfully decked up, comprised mechanized as well as human models enacting scenes for the benefit of the public. The procession made its way through Alake, Mannagudda, Lady Hill, M. G. Road, Navbharat Circle, K. S. Rao Road, and returned to Kudroli, where the Navadurgas were immersed in the temple’s tanks.

Mr. B. Janardhan Poojary, a senior politician and Billava leader, had taken up the cause of the Mangalore Dasara and had rejuvenated it with great success. Thanks to his efforts, more than 3 lakh people from India as well as foreigners from all over US, Europe, Australia, West Asia, and Gulf countries view this event with great joy and interest.