Mysuru: Marking Dasara celebrations, the City Unit of the RSS took out an attractive and massive ‘Vijayadashami Patha Sanchalana’ (Vijayadashami March) in city yesterday.

The march, which was launched from Boothala Pitch grounds in Vidyaranyapuram, passed through Veerashaiva Burial Grounds Road, Vidyaranyapuram 20th Cross, Andani Circle, First Main Road and other main thoroughfares of the locality, before culminating at the starting point, after covering a distance of over 1-km in about 35 minutes.

Large crowds had gathered on both sides of the road to watch the march, with RSS volunteers maintaining a perfect tandem.  

Earlier, the RSS volunteers, who gathered, wearing their attire (Khaki pant, white shirt and Black cap) at the Bhootala Pitch, performed the usual practices and sang the RSS song ‘Namaste, Sadaa Vatsale, Matru Bhoome…’ Later, they raised the slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ in tandem.

Two band teams and an open jeep carrying the ‘Bhagavadhwaja’ and  portraits of RSS Founder Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and second Sarsanghchalak Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar accompanied the march, in which thousands  of volunteers took part.

KR MLA T.S. Srivatsa, State BJP Minorities Morcha President Dr. Anil Thomas, BJP leaders M.V. Ravishankar, Arunkumar Gowda, Giridhar, Mysuru RSS leaders Ananthakrishna, Nandish, Manjunath, Ganesh, Jayaprakash, Dr. Srivatsa, K. Chandrashekar, Chandrashekar and a host of other leaders took part in the march. City BJP President L. Nagendra too attended  the event.

The crowd showered petals on the open jeep and the RSS volunteers as they marched.