Veteran actor Srinath inaugurates Shivamogga Dasara

Veteran film actor Srinath, the special guest invited by the Shivamogga City Corporation to inaugurate the festival, took part in the procession. File | Photo Credit: H S Manjunath

The Shivamogga Dasara celebrations began on Sunday (October 11, 2026) with a colourful procession of the Chamundeshwari idol from the City Corporation premises to the Chandika Durga Parameshwari Temple on Kote Street.

Veteran film actor Srinath, the special guest invited by the Shivamogga City Corporation to inaugurate the festival, took part in the procession. He also danced to the beats of folk artists, and Shivamogga MLA S.N. Channabasappa and others joined him.

The actor inaugurated the celebrations after offering puja to Chamundeshwari at the temple.