Dasara Walk

This festival, perhaps, is the most celebrated festival all over India & South East Asia. 
A nine day (navami) winter festival, it marks the ever running battle of Good and Evil, with Good winning in the end. 
On the tenth day(Vijayadashami), there are celebrations marking this divine victory.
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Whether it is Goddess Durga killing the demon Mahisha in East India or Rama killing Ravana in the North or the
 huge military and cultural parade of Mysore, Dasara is colourful, with lot of pomp and extravaganza.
It was also a time, in olden India, to start a new military campaign either to safeguard or expand an empire. 
Learn of mythologies, history and culture during this time to India. 
And yes, the epitome of this festival in the South is the Mysore Dasara. It's also a precursor to the Mughal parades 
and later Independent India's Republic day parades.​
In Unhurried Dasara Walk we take you to namma Malleshwaram wherein we visit houses,temples  to see their Dasara dolls on display. 

We begin our walk from one of the oldest temples in Malleshwaram. We learn a bit about Malleshwaram neighbourhood 
and then  visit a nearby temple to view the "Golu" or "Gombe" on display. From here we head to a beautiful exhibition of dolls in the markets of the area and also the festival celebrations at homes.

The tour aims to showcase the meaning and tradition of Dasara in South India through a two hour trail through the colourful Malleswaram area

In short you get to learn about the tradition of doll keeping in Dasara as well as Navratri from the experts while savoring some delicious  traditional sweets.