My Life in (and around) Mysore

Chamundi on procession

Chamundi as Indrani atop her elephant mount.

Images of the Goddess for Durga Puja organized by the Mysore Bangiya Samiti.

Waiting for the Mysore Maharaja Sri Kantha Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar

Mysore at night during Dasara

Chamundeshwari as Kaumari outside the Chamundeshwari temple on Chamundi Hill on the 3rd day of Navaratri

The lion-throne of Mysore

Incense burning inside Chamundeshwari temple on Chamundi Hill

A monkey feeding her baby on Chamundi Hill

The elephants before the Srirangapattana Dasara procession

The ceremony to Chamundeshwari at the Banni Mantapa for Srirangapattana Dasara.

Viraghase at the Srirangapattana Dasara procession

Performers at the Srirangapattana Dasara procession

Performers at the Srirangapattana Dasara procession

Chamundeshwari Temple on the first day of Navaratri.

The Mysore Maharaja's private Dasara darbar in the Mysore Palace.

The head priest of Chamundeshwari Shashishekhara Dikshit preparing the Palace image of Chamundi for the Dasara Inauguration on Chamundi Hill.