Tourism industry representatives in Mysuru will take out a rally featuring elephants, horse-drawn sarots, and folk troupes through the streets of Mysuru on World Tourism Day scheduled to be observed on September 27.
At a joint press conference by Mysuru Travels Association and Mysuru Hotel Owners’ Association here on Monday, the stakeholders in the tourism industry of Mysuru said the rally will start from Varaha, the southern gate of the Mysuru palace, and pass through Bengaluru-Nilgiri road and Sri Jayachamarajendra Circle, Chamaraja circle, and K.R. Circle before entering D. Devaraj Urs Road and Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Road.
The rally, which will culminate at the city railway station, will feature folk troupes like Dollu Kunitha, Kamsale, Pooja Kunitha, Patha Kunitha, Chande, Kodava Nrithya, and Gombe Garudi. Elephants and horse-drawn sarots will also be part of the rally in which an estimated 200 tourism industry entrepreneurs will also participate.