<p class="title">A colourful ‘Shobha Yatre’ was organised on the occasion of installation ceremony of ‘Suvarna Gopura’ at Sri Krishna Mutt on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The splendid fiesta began from Jodukatte, the traditional entrance, and concluded at Sri Krishna Mutt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was indeed a conglomeration of religious, spiritual and art tradition, which displayed various artifacts all through the procession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pejawar Mutt Pontiff Vishwesha Theertha Swami inaugurated the yatra.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘Pure devotion’</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that Lord Krishna would be pleased with meagre amount of dedication in terms of money and gold. He expects pure devotion, the seer added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tableaux comprised of devotees dressed as Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman. It also comprised of Kerala Chande, Marpalli Chande and Yakshagana artifacts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tableau carrying the artistic portrayal of Lord Krishna delivering ‘Geethopadesha’ to Arjun caught much attention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The major attraction, however, was Saurabh Raj Jain and Shaheer Sheikh, who donned the role of Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the teleserial Mahabharat and were in the respective attire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were Bhajan troupes, including from ISCKON, and self help group women from Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala added colour to the procession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was a tableau of Radha Krishna and Birudu Bavalis. The artifacts of Lord Ganapathi, Bhima and Gatothkaja were also a crowd puller.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There also was a replica of the Suvarna Gopura. The saxophone and ‘Nadaswara’ rectial added charm to the whole event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The procession passed through Court Road, Diana Circle, K M Marg KSRTC bus stop, Service bus stop and later reached Sri Krishna Mutt via Kalsanka.</p>
<p class="title">A colourful ‘Shobha Yatre’ was organised on the occasion of installation ceremony of ‘Suvarna Gopura’ at Sri Krishna Mutt on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The splendid fiesta began from Jodukatte, the traditional entrance, and concluded at Sri Krishna Mutt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was indeed a conglomeration of religious, spiritual and art tradition, which displayed various artifacts all through the procession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pejawar Mutt Pontiff Vishwesha Theertha Swami inaugurated the yatra.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘Pure devotion’</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that Lord Krishna would be pleased with meagre amount of dedication in terms of money and gold. He expects pure devotion, the seer added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tableaux comprised of devotees dressed as Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman. It also comprised of Kerala Chande, Marpalli Chande and Yakshagana artifacts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tableau carrying the artistic portrayal of Lord Krishna delivering ‘Geethopadesha’ to Arjun caught much attention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The major attraction, however, was Saurabh Raj Jain and Shaheer Sheikh, who donned the role of Lord Krishna and Arjuna in the teleserial Mahabharat and were in the respective attire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were Bhajan troupes, including from ISCKON, and self help group women from Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala added colour to the procession.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was a tableau of Radha Krishna and Birudu Bavalis. The artifacts of Lord Ganapathi, Bhima and Gatothkaja were also a crowd puller.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There also was a replica of the Suvarna Gopura. The saxophone and ‘Nadaswara’ rectial added charm to the whole event.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The procession passed through Court Road, Diana Circle, K M Marg KSRTC bus stop, Service bus stop and later reached Sri Krishna Mutt via Kalsanka.</p>