Mangalore Dasara 2017,Through Our Eyes

The well-known Mangalore Dasara celebrations is famous for its sparkling procession . The Citizens of Mangalore and thousands of devotees from various parts are joining together in the City to witness the grand finale of the Mangalore Dasara on the day of Vijayadashami .People will be decorating their houses and business building, shops, hotels, etc. Over all the entire streets in the City were decorating with electric bulbs to welcome the procession.

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Royal Tiger dance (Tulu: Pilivesa, Kannada: Hulivesha) is a folk dance performed during Dasara. Typically young males form troops of five to ten. They are costumed like tigers and use a band with two or three drummers. They roam around the streets and houses. The tiger dance is performed to honor the goddess Sharada, whose favoured animal is the tiger.

The procession begins from the Kudroli Shree Gokarnanatheshwara Temple in the evening of Vijaya Dashami and will end at the same venue early morning Next day with the immersion of the idols at the Pushkarini pond inside the temple complex.

Idols of ‘Navadurgas’ along with Mahaganapathi and Sharada are carried in the procession, augmented by flowers, decorative umbrellas, tableaux, bands, chendeand traditional dances, folk dances, Yakshagana characters, Dollu Kunitha, gombe (dolls), Hulivesha(Tiger Dance) and other traditional art forms. The procession passes through the main roads of the city including Kudroli, Mannagudda, Ladyhill, Lalbagh, K S Rao road, Hampanakatta, Car Street and Alake.