Vajra Mushti Kalaga, an extinct form of wrestling came alive during Vijayadashami celebrations at Mysore Palace last morning with the fight between Balarama Jatti of Mysuru and Narasimha Jatti of Channapatna and between Girish Jatti of Chamarajanagar and Narayana Jatti from Bengaluru.
The event was held at Karikallu Thotti in front of the Kalyana Mantap of Mysore Palace and was organised with all its traditional fervour and as per the age-old customs. The ritual heralded the Dasara procession. The tradition has it that when two Jattis wearing the Vajra Mushti wrestle and the moment the blood is drawn on the head of one of the wrestlers, it signals the start of Dasara procession, later on that day.
