MM Hills temple Deepavali Jathra festivities will conclude with ‘teppotsavam’ on Nov 10 at 8pm
The festivities, which began on Nov 5, will continue until Nov 10, with rituals and festival fervour at the hill shrine. The schedule includes special pujas on Nov 6, Ennemajjana seve on Nov 7, Narakachaturdashi special puja on Nov 8, Deepavali Amavasya celebrations on Nov 9 and Maharathotsava on Nov 10. Before Maharathotsav begins, 101 tribal girls of the Bedagampana community will take out a procession along the car street, carrying ‘kalasha’ on their heads. Srikshetra Male Mahadeshwara temple is one of the state’s prominent religious sites and a highly revenue-generating muzrai temple, with annual revenue collection beyond Rs 100 crore. It attracts nearly 70 lakh devotees throughout the year. Drinking water arrangements were also made at 15 locations along the padayatra route. Chamarajanagar KSRTC divisional controller Srinivas said the corporation is also operating nearly 500 special buses on different routes, including Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Mandya, Kanakapura and Bengaluru, among other places.
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Speaking to TOI, SMMKDA executive secretary Purushottam said his authority has made preparations for all five days of festivities, including four lakh laddus and prasadam for devotees, along with mass feeding, shade arrangements, and accommodation. He said the authority has kept its guest houses and dormitories clean with an adequate supply of drinking water, among other arrangements. Mysuru: The district administration has made all preparations for the five-day Deepavali Jathra at the Male Mahadeshwara temple of MM Hills in Hanur taluk. The festival will conclude with ‘teppotsavam’ on the same day at 8pm. Halaravi Utsav is a main attraction. About five lakh devotees from across the state, many from the districts of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Ramanagar, Bengaluru rural, Bengaluru, and Kanakapura, along with neighbouring Tamil Nadu, throng the temple during the Deepavali Jathra festivities. Lakhs of devotees arrive on a 15km padayatra route, climbing the hills through the thick jungles of MM Hills. Sri Male Mahadeshwaraswamy Kshetra Development Authority (SMMKDA) and forest department have made special arrangements to take care of the devotees and ensure their safety from wild animal attacks from Talebetta up to the hills, with additional security, police and forest personnel deployed. Special entry arrangements have been made for devotees arriving through padayatra, senior citizens and VIPs to have darshan during the festivities. Download the TOI App.