Mangaluru: Mangaluru Dasara preparations are going on with full speed. Entire city has been decorated with over 18 lakh coloured bulbs and other decorative items are enhancing the beauty of Mangaluru.
Addrressing a press conference former union minister Janardhana Poojary said that all the lodges and hotels are booked for the festival. Mangaluru is getting ready to celebrate one more perfect Mangaluru Dasara.
“All the equipments have been tested, so that there should be any confusion during the ten days celebration,” he said.
Moreover, this year’s dasara darbar mantap was painted using Acrylic paints. This is one of the major attractions of dasara.
The darbar was made by Mukly’s Suvarna Arts’ Chandrashekhar Suvarna and his team. They have been designing the darbar since past 25 years.
Last year the darbar was designed like a gol gumbaz and this year Acrylic is the prime attraction.
“From past 18 days we are working to design the darbar hall. A team of 24 members are working day and night for it. Lakhs of people visit Mangaluru during dasara and as per the suggestions from the organisers we design the darbar hall,” said Chandrashekhar.