The two Jamboo Savaris held here on Friday and Saturday added flavour to the Dasara festivities, which is being celebrated as the Nada Habba here.
The first Jamboo Savari was taken out by Dharwad Dasara Jamboo Savari Utsav Samiti on Friday and the second one was organised by the Sri Maruti Temple Management Trust’s Moola Jamboo Sawari Samiti. Both the processions pulled in a large crowd.
Murugha Math pontiff Mallikarjun Swami flagged off the Jamboo Sawari on Saturday at the Maruti Mandir at Saraswatpur here. Navalgund MLA N.H. Konaraddi and others were present.
The Jamboo Savari procession passed through Rayara Math, Railway Station Road, Mahishi Road, Hosayellapur, Gandhi Chowk, Subhash Road, Old Bus Stand, Regal Talkies and Savadatti Road to culminate at the Murugha Math, wherein the seer performed the ‘Banni Mahakali’ pooja.
Three tame pachyderms were the main attraction of the procession apart from nearly 40 different performing art troupes from across the State and 25 tableaux from various districts of north Karnataka depicting the cultural, mythological and historical events. Four chariots from Kolhapur, dollu kunitha, karadi mela, jhanj mela, gombe kunitha, navilu kudure and others garnered the crowd’s appreciation.
Friday’s Jamboo Savari was launched by Kodi Math seer Shivanand Shivayogi Rajendra Swami at Ishwar temple in Gandhi Nagar. The elephants carried a howdah bearing Bhuvaneshwari and Chamundeshwari’s portraits. The procession reflected the rich cultural heritage not only of Karnataka but of the country.
Prior to the Jamboo Savari, various cultural events kept the audience busy on all the nine days. Besides, various cultural and folk art troupes from Dharwad and surrounding areas also performed during the festival. Colourful fireworks at Kadapa Maidan marked the end to the nine-day festivities.
