The clash over the conduct of Mahisha Dasara with those opposing it is being projected as an effort to ‘’reclaim true history’’ from what has been ‘’distorted’’ by the ‘’upper caste’’.
Speakers at the event held on Friday and at a seminar on the same subject held last month reiterated the above view and cited epigraphical evidence to buttress their argument that the name of modern Mysuru is derived from Mahisha besides claiming that that there was a king by that name and he was a Buddhist.
Far from his projection as a demon, Mahisha was a benevolent ruler but the picture was distorted to project him as a demon who was vanquished by goddess Chamundeshwari, according to Talakad Chikkarange Gowda, a research scholar.
