Mysuru: Gangas of Talakad are the inspiration behind Mysuru Dasara and not Vijayanagara Kingdom of Hampi, said Historian Dr. Talkad Chikkarangegowda.
Presiding over the two-day national seminar on ‘Ganga Dynasties and Contributions to Karnataka Society and Culture’ organised by Department of History Studies and Research, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Muktagangothri, here recently, Chikkarangegowda said that the studies of the copperplates manuscripts belonging to Ganga Dynasty have shown that the Gangas celebrated Navarathri and Dasara after hearing the lecture of architect Shashidhar Chikka.
