Information on Dasara festival on website from Oct 12

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Mysore, Sep 2 (UNI) Information pertaining to the Dasara festival from October 12 to 21 was expected to be posted on the Website in eight International languages.

In a bid to woo tourists from across the world and to festival make the event truly Global, the district authorities were planning to provide information about the festival in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Arabic, apart from Kannada, Hindi and English.

Speaking to UNI, Minister for District Incharge G T Deve Gowda said the website would not only be fine-tuned to incorporate the latest events and news pertaining to the festival, it would also incorporate the latest web-based technologies to make it more international in nature.

The Mysore Tourism was not only embracing the state-of-art in Internet technology, but hopes to surpass its part editions by making early preparations.

Mr Gowda said Dasara gold cards, which would be on sale from September 10, could also be purchased online. Each card costing Rs 5,000 would allow two people to attend all cultural events, apart from ensuring them a vantage position to view the Vijayadhashmi procession on October 21.

The authorities had constituted nine sub-committies to oversee the preparations.

The other attractions included, AIR show, food show, flower show, adventure sports, exhibition, pet show, heritage car rally, heritage walk, torch light parade and the customary Gajapayana that would commence on September 6 from Nagarahole National Park when the first batch of six elephants begins journey towards Mysore, he added.

The illumination for the the Heritage buildings and the Chamundi Hills had been entrusted to Chamundi Electricity Supply Corporation during Dasara.

UNI

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