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Sri Chamundeshwari Development Authority has decided to set up an exclusive Protocol Room for VVIPs and VIPs visiting Chamundeshwari Temple during Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara, Ashada Friday puja and other major occasions - modelled on similar facilities at prominent shrines such as Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Kashi in Uttar Pradesh.

The proposal was approved at the district-level progress review meeting of the Authority, chaired by Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy at the ZP Hall recently.

Authority Secretary M.J. Roopa said that VIP and VVIP footfall surges dramatically during Ashada Fridays and Dasara. Many dignitarie...