What time does the Mysore Palace get illuminated during Dasara?

The Mysore Palace lights come on at 7 PM every evening of Dasara. In 2026 that runs from Sunday 11 October to Wednesday 21 October. On the final night, Vijayadashami on 21 October, the illumination stays on until midnight. The city illumination, the Deepalankara, is formally inaugurated at 6:30 PM on 11 October on Sayyaji Rao Road near K.R. Hospital Circle. Viewing the illumination is free.

What time is the Jumboo Savari procession?

On 21 October 2026, the Nandi Dhwaja puja is at 1:36 PM and the Pushparchane to Goddess Chamundeshwari in the golden howdah is between 4:10 and 4:35 PM. The procession leaves the Palace at around 4:35 PM and covers five kilometres to Bannimantap. If you have a ticketed seat in the Palace forecourt, gates open at 10 AM and close at 12:30 PM, and roads around the Palace close from 11 AM.

When is Kambala at Mysore Dasara 2026?

Kambala, the buffalo race from coastal Karnataka, is held on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 October 2026 from 9 AM, on a track near VTU College in Mysuru. It falls mid-festival and is easy to miss if you only travel for the final weekend.

When is the Mysore Dasara drone show?

The drone show is staged at 8 PM over the Panjina Kavayathu ground at Bannimantap. The first display is on Saturday 17 October 2026, with further shows on 18, 20 and 21 October. The two standalone ticketed evenings are 17 and 18 October, each sold as a separate ticket from around 1,000 rupees, with gates opening at 4:30 PM.

When is the Torchlight Parade, Panjina Kavayathu?

The Torchlight Parade is held at 7 PM at Bannimantap Parade Grounds on two evenings. The full-dress rehearsal is on Tuesday 20 October 2026, with the same bands, cavalry, motorcycle displays and fireworks and a smaller crowd. The closing performance is on Vijayadashami, Wednesday 21 October. Ticketed enclosure gates open at 4:30 PM and close at 6:30 PM.

How do you book Mysore Dasara tickets?

All Mysuru Dasara tickets are booked on TicketGenie, the official ticketing partner. There are no other counters and no agents. Five things are ticketed: the Gold Card from about 6,500 rupees, a numbered seat for the Jumboo Savari from about 3,500, the Torchlight Parade and its rehearsal from about 1,500 each, and the drone show from about 1,000 per day. Your booking confirmation is a redemption voucher, not a ticket, and must be exchanged for the physical ticket. Carry photo ID.

What is free at Mysore Dasara?

Most of Dasara is free. The Palace illumination, the full five-kilometre Jumboo Savari procession route, the cultural stages, the Dasara Fruit and Flower Show, the Aahara Mela food fair and the public enclosures at Bannimantap all cost nothing. Only the Gold Card, the Palace procession enclosure, the Torchlight Parade enclosure and its rehearsal, and the drone show are ticketed.

When is Yuva Dasara 2026?

Yuva Dasara, staged as Yuva Sambhrama, runs from 28 September to 5 October 2026, 5 PM to 10 PM, at the Manasagangothri Open Air Theatre. It takes place before the main festival opens rather than during it, so if Yuva Dasara is your reason for visiting you need to be in Mysuru in late September.

How long does the Mysore Dasara Exhibition run?

The Mysuru Dasara Exhibition opens on 11 October and continues through to January, long after the eleven days of the festival end. If you cannot travel in October, the exhibition can still be visited in November, December or early January, when the city is quieter and accommodation costs far less.

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