 The city of Mysuru has a long tradition of celebrating the Dasara festival with grandeur and pomp to mark the festival.The Dasara festival in Mysuru completed 409th anniversary in the year 2019, while evidence suggests the festivities were observed in Karnataka state by the Vijayanagara Empire kings in the 15th century.The Dasara festivities began with the Vijayanagar kings as early as the 15th Century.