Mysore/Mysuru: The colossal monolith Nandi Statue, located mid-way on the Mysuru city-Chamundi Hill Road, was this morning bathed in more than 38 sacred herbs and flowers, including milk, honey, sugarcane juice, curds, ghee, payasam, sacred ash, dry fruits, tender coconut water, sandalwood, kumkum, turmeric, rice flour, banana and other fruits as devotees performed ‘Mahabhisheka.’
The event was organised by the members of ‘Bettada Balaga Charitable Trust’ that has been conducting the rituals for the past 15 years and this is the 16th year. The sacred ritual is performed annually in the Karthika month of the Hindu calendar.
