Mangalore: Shree Kshetra Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara temple Dasara festival concluded with the grand procession on October 17, Sunday.
The nine-day Navaratri festivities drew gathered thousands of people throughout the night.

Various attractive tableaux, depicting mythological themes and other like, tiger dancers, Shilpa Gombe Kalladka, Anarkali and other themes, took part in the main procession commenced from Gokarnanatheshwara temple.

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.
The tableaux were colorfully decked up, which comprised mechanized as well as human models enacting scenes for the benefit of the public.

Navadurgas in the nine forms –  Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmandini, Siddirathri, Mahagowri, Mahakali, Kathyayini, Skandamatha Shailaputhri were worshipped and taken out in the procession.

Later the nine durga’s as well as Goddess Sharadha idol was immersed in the lake at Kudroli Temple early in the morning after the long procession held from temple via Alake, Mannagudda, Lady Hill, M. G. Road, Navbharat Circle, K. S. Rao Road, and returned to Kudroli.

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