MYSORE DASARA 2014 - FULL DETAILS

Mysore palace entry timings for Dasara 2014 :

Mysore: In view of Dasara festivities and various religious rituals being held at the Mysore Palace, the entry timings to the tourists have been revised as follows:

  

Sept.18 - 1 pm to 5.30 pm,  

Sept. 25 - 1.30 pm to 5 pm, 

Sept. 26 to Oct. 2 - 10 am to 5 pm, 

Oct. 1- 12 noon to 5 pm.

There will be no entry into the Palace for tourists on Oct.3 and 4 on account of Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami respectively.

Illumination The Palace will be illuminated from 7 pm to 9 pm from Sept. 25 to Oct. 3 and from 7 pm to 10 pm on Oct.4, according to a release from the Deputy Director of the Palace Board.

Dasara Film Festival from 25 th September 2014 :

This year’s Dasara Film Festival will be held from September 25 to October 3, and the organisers plan to screen nearly 90 films during the nine-day event.

While a majority of the movies to be screened will be in Kananda, connoisseurs will also get to savour acclaimed films in different Indian languages and a few international films, including those directed by Ingrid Bergman and Akira Kurosawa.

Actor Bharathi Visnhuvardhan will also be felicitated during the event to mark the completion of her 50 years in the film industry.

While the inauguration will be on September 25 at 10 a.m. at Kalamandira, the Kannada movies will be screened at Lakshmi, Satyam, Thibbadevi, DRC, Olympia talkies from September 26 to October 2, according to Mohammad Akbar Aleem, Chairman of the Film Festival Sub-Committee.

In addition to the above, 15 movies drawn from different States will also be screened at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL). The films include December 1 in Kannada, Joymati in Assamese, Jateeshwar in Bengali, Lessons in Forgetting in English, Liar’s Dice in Hindi, Astu in Marathi. This has been facilitated by the Directorate of Film Festivals, said the organisers.

The Mysore Film Society, in association with Alliance Francaise, will screen 23 international movies at the Rani Bahadur auditorium, B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Sciences, Manasagangotri.

The movies to be screened include Beauty and the Beast in French, Brief Encounter in English, Cherry Blossom in German, Gold and Copper from Iran, Drunken Angel (Japanese) directed by Akira Kurusawa, Music in Darkness — a Swedish film — directed by Ingrid Bergman, and No End a Polish movie.

Kannada movies like Sarvamangala, Samskara, Kasturi Nivasa are among the 15 films to be screened at the Senate Bhavan at Manasagangotri. Besides, screening movies, there will be sale of CDs apart from a seminar on the growth of the film industry on September 28 at the Kaveri auditorium, Karnataka State Open University.

Flower Show at Kukkarahalli Lake From 25^th Sep to 5^th Oct 2014 :

Exotic and hybrid flowers to showcase

As part of Dasera, Kukkarahalli Lake on bogadi road in city is being readied to host the 11^th edition of Flower Show, organized by the University of Mysore from Sep 25 to Oct 5 between 9 am to 7pm

This time the lake will show case 80 species of plants flowering, leafy, vegetables and herbal saplings. Last year, around 50 to 60 varieties plats had been exhibited.

Dandiya Dance Programme in City on 27th September 2014

Wheel Club of Mysore Central, in association with Rotary Club, as part of dasara festivities, has organized Dandiya dance programme on Sep. 27 at Silent Shores resort in city. 

For more details contact Mob : 93436-83889 (or) 99019-04023

Natana's Panchadasha Ragostsava from 25th September 2014 to 5th October 2014  :

Cine Acrtess Jayamala will inagurate the Panchadasha Rangostava organised by Natana theatre group as part of Dasara festivities at Vijaya Vittala College premises in Saraswathipuram on Sept. 25 at 6 pm.

As part of  Panchadasha Rangostava from Sept. 25 to Oct 5, Natana has organised staging of dramas at 7 pm on all days

For More Details Contact Mob: 94804-68326, 94804-68327 (or) 98455-95505 or log on to www.natanamysore.com (or) e-mail : natanamysore@gmail.com

Date	Plays by Natana at Vijaya Vittala
25 Sep 2014	Agnipath
26 Sep 2014	Alibaba
27 Sep 2014	Kamsayana; Dham Dhoom Suntaragali
28 Sep 2014	Gandhi-Ambedkar
29 Sep 2014	Subhadra Kalyana; Alilu Ramayana
30 Sep 2014	Thaskara; Ratnapaksi
1 Oct 2014	Pushparani
2 Oct 2014	Ooru Banga; Sathru Andre Sathra
3 Oct 2014	Agni Mathu Male
4 Oct 2014	Chora Charanadasa

Dasara Pusthaka Mela From 25th September 2014 to 4 th October 2014 : 

As part of Dasara Pustaka Mela, various programmes will be held from 25th September to 4th October at Dr. U.R. Anitha Murthy Vedike at CADA premises here. 

Gemini Circus Opens from 26th September 2014 : 

To entertain the Dasara crowed, Gemini Circus, the oldest circus of the Country, will be pitching its tent at Horse Park near Karanji Lake in Nazarabad here from Sept. 26 with three shows daily - 1pm, 4pm and 7pm.