Srirangapatna: The Fort Town of Srirangapatna, a historic place from the point of view of Wadiyars of Mysore, is all set to witness a scaled-down Dasara sans elephants due to COVID-19, this evening.
History has it that Dasara was the long-held celebrations of the Vijayanagar Kingdom. However, after Srirangapatna was captured by Raja Wadiyar I from Sriranga Raya (of Vijayanagar dynasty) in 1610, he continued the tradition as ‘Victory Parade’. Srirangapatna was the capital of Mysore Rulers then. However, after they shifted their capital to Mysore in 1799, the celebrations too shifted to Mysuru, and it began to fade in Srirangapatna and almost came to a stop, till a decade ago.
