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Torch light parade - Mysuru

 On the Dassara day after the Jumbo Savari in the Mysore Palace we took passes form our friend to the Torch parade event by the Police force at Bannimantap. With the help of Google maps we navigated through the city that's in a celebratory mood to reach Bannimantap. But few meters away from it the road was blocked as the parade was coming out of the Palace and people who could not enter the Palace were witnessing it from here. As suggested by the youngsters there we parked our car in the car garage there for a fee of Rs. 100. But when we started to walk, there was absolute no space to move ahead in the dense crowd of people. An autorickshaw driver understood our situation and took us through a narrow lane behind a slum to the main road. We thanked him and proceeded walking for a kilometer and showed our passes at an entrance to the Police woman, She asked to walk for another 1.5 km as this entrance is for VIPs only. 

We had to walk to through the lanes around Bannimantap and reached there by 6:30 PM but were asked to wait as our passes were for the center part of the stadium and the Mysore Judiciary was said to arrive there. After the Judge came in and took his seat we were allowed to get in. Above our seats were the seats for the chief guests - Karnataka CM and his Minister. By 8 PM the CM arrived. He was taken to the Dias and the National anthem was sung. After that the police force paraded to the ground. An horse contingent was also there. The whole contingent paraded the stadium saluting the CM in the Dias. Then started the various events.

The sound and light show started with kids performing to Kannada dance numbers. The live sound and the music band's performance was too good. The Flutist was amazing. The pictures of popular Kannadikas were brought up in between. Then they went on to the Police force events. The men in horse backs performed the European sport called Tent Pegging were the men on the horse will light their spear in the fire burning near Dias while galloping in the their horses. First this was done singularly by each one. Most of them lighting their spears efficiently. Next they came in groups of three each and did the same. It was so interesting to see the Police force show casing such a skill.

The drone show came in next where the unmanned vehicles took to the skies and did some fantastic formations. It was a dreamy watch for everyone present. Till the drones took to the ground all the lights on the stadium were put off and all eyes were glued only to the drones. Next came the main event - the torch parade where the force came in do different formations holding fire torches in both their hands. The band played Kannada and Hindi number while they did formations like happy Dassara, 75th independence, swasthik and cross cut. It was marvelous to watch 300+ contingent working with live fire. When we thought its the end of it, we were asked to stay back to in seats. Finally came the fire works with the music in the background. The shots opened up to the skies spectacularly with the back ground music just got everyone excited. It went for almost 5 minutes and one cannot look anywhere beyond the skies at Bannimantap.

We came out having witnessed a one of a kind event ever witnessed by us. Had quick dinner in the main road and walked to the car garage to pick the car and reached the Inn by 12, it was indeed a long long day. Thank you Mysuru!

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Location: Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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