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Banu Mushtaq inaugurated Mysuru Dasara at Chamundeshwari temple in Mysuru.

Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to her invitation following Karnataka HC ruling.

BJP leaders opposed her role citing an old video on Goddess Bhuvaneshwari.

International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara festival on Monday at the Chamundeshwari temple on Chamundi Hills, showering flowers on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari during the auspicious “Vrushchika Lagna”, PTI reported.

Priests chanted Vedic hymns as Mushtaq performed the ritual, and she was accompanied by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and several state ministers.

According to PTI, Mushtaq earlier visited the temple with the Chief Minister and other dignitaries and offered prayers to th

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