Chamundeshwari and Mahishasura

The story

Tradition holds that the goddess slew the demon king Mahishasura on the hill he ruled; the place became Mahishooru, then Mysuru, which the British wrote as Mysore. The temple is also counted a Shakta pitha, Krouncha Pitha, where Sati’s hair is said to have fallen.¹

Mysuru Dasara celebrates the same victory of good over evil.²