Mysuru, Oct. 2 -- The city streets of Mysuru carried the weight of memory and celebration today, as the Jamboo Savari procession brought this year's Dasara to a close. What unfolded was not only the state's famed festival but also a story of belonging, devotion, and resilience stitched into the lives of those who gathered along Raja Marga.
People leaned against barricades, stood shoulder to shoulder on narrow footpaths, and raised their mobile phones skyward - as if trying to hold on to something fleeting.
Children sat on their parents' shoulders to catch a glimpse of Abhimanyu, the 59-year-old tusker whose slow, deliberate steps bore the golden howdah and the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari.
When Chief Minister Siddaramaiah showered peta...