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Guaranteed to last nine days and nights, or less

Painters give the entrance of the Amba Vilas palace a cursory coat of sunna and gopi as preparations for this year’s Dasara gathers pace in Mysore on Monday.

Photograph: Karnataka Photo News

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This entry was posted on 13 September 2010 at 7:34 pm and is filed under Mysore-Bangalore, Rajas & Maharajas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Guaranteed to last nine days and nights, or less”

  1. Deepa Says:
    14 September 2010 at 9:07 am

    been so long since i was in mysore …. i miss the place

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