Mahisha Mandalotsava to be held on October 10

Former Mayor Purushotham (extreme right), who heads the Mahisha Mandalothsava Organising Committee, at a press conference in Mysuru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram

The Mahisha Mandalotsava, an event organised to honour Mahishasura as a “benevolent ruler”, will be held in Mysuru on October 10.

Disclosing this to reporters in Mysuru on Thursday, former Mayor Purushotham, who heads the Mahisha Mandalotsava Organising Committee, said a public function would be held at Town Hall at 11 a.m., following the offering of floral tributes to the statue of Mahishasura atop Chamundi Hill.

While Mahisha Mandalotsava is opposed by a section of people, the organising committee maintains that Mahishasura was a “benevolent and humanitarian Buddhist ruler” whose identity had been distorted by vested interests.