Amidst opposition from the BJP and Hindu organizations, Bookers Award recipient Banu Mushtaq inaugurated the world famous Dasara by offering prayer to Goddess Chamundeshwari at Chamundi hills in Mysuru.

Controversy had broken out after a video of Banu Mushtaq, during a literary festival had said that the members of minority community were left out by the Kannada literary world by calling Kannada as `mother Bhuvaneshwari’ and having the Kannada flag color symbolizing `Arisina-Kumkum. Though the BJP members, including former Mysuru MP Pratap Simha went to court against the government move to invite Banu as Chief guest of Dasara inauguration, the courts had rejected the plea.

After offering prayers to Chamundeshwari, Banu received the saree offering from the temple priests and showered flow

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