✦ Sacred Celebrations ✦

Festivals & Celebrations

From the grandeur of Dasara to the quiet devotion of monthly Amavasya — the sacred calendar of Sri Chamundeshwari Devi Temple.

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✦ Karnataka's State Festival ✦

Dasara Mahotsava

For ten sacred nights, Chamundi Hill blazes with illuminations as Navaratri puja reaches its crescendo. Thousands gather at the temple for the royal Vijayadashami procession — the Mysuru Dasara — witnessed by lakhs across Karnataka.

Oct 11

Navaratri Begins

Oct 21

Vijayadashami

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Sacred Nights

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Sri Chamundeshwari Devi in the golden Ambari during the Dasara procession — The Golden Ambari — Vijayadashami

✦ 2026 – 2027 ✦

Sacred Calendar

Dasara / Navaratri

Oct 2–12

Ten nights of celebration — the grandest festival of the temple and Karnataka. Nightly puja, hill illumination, and the royal Vijayadashami procession.

Maha Shivaratri

Feb 26

Special all-night darshan and abhisheka at the Nandi shrine and associated Shiva temples. The hill glows with diyas through the night.

Ugadi

Mar 30

Kannada New Year brings thousands to the temple for the first darshan of the year. Special puja and prasadam distribution throughout the day.

Amavasya

Monthly

On each new moon, the temple extends darshan hours and performs special ancestral rites. Extended crowds — book special darshan well in advance.

Chamundeshwari Devi Jayanti

Jul 18

The birthday of the goddess. Abhisheka, special puja, and grand decoration of the sanctum. One of the most auspicious days of the year.

Rathasapthami

Feb 4

The seventh day of Magha — symbolic of the sun reaching its northern peak. Special surya pooja and chariot procession around the temple complex.