Mysore/Mysuru, Aug. 20 -- The State Government has decided to restrict the entry of visitors to the Mysore Palace to watch the grand Dasara procession on Oct. 2 in the wake of the tragedy where 11 youths died in the stampede that occurred at the stadium in Bengaluru during RCB team's IPL cricket victory celebrations on June 4, 2025.

Accordingly, only 48,000 spectators will be allowed entry to the Palace on Oct. 2. This number is over 11,000 less than that of the previous years, when 59,000 people were allowed inside the Palace on the D-day.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, who is also the Dasara Special Officer, said that following the Bengaluru stampede, the State Government has come up with SOP (Standard Operating Proce...