Newskarnataka-Mysore
Mysore:The cultural capital has been basked in Ayuda puja celebrations, despite the prices of essential items to offer puja that is flowers, fruits and vegetables have skyrocketed.
The erstwhile Mysore royal Srikantadatta Wodeyar has been busy in offering tradition puja along with his family at the storeroom of armaments in the palace, the people are busy offering Ayuda puja at their shops, factories, business complexes and houses.
The brisk business is being witnessed in markets and bakeries.The automobile owners are found washing their automobiles in their homes to offer puja.The ash gourd, lemon, plantain-pulp, mango leaves are being sold in roundabouts and main streets across the city.The people buying them in bargains as the prices have doubled owing to huge demands.
A majority of people have bought their essential items yesterday and finished their puja celebrations by Sunday morning.A few automobile owners prefer puja in the temples, owing to which there is queues of automobiles found in front of temples.