Mysore: With less than a week left for the beginning of Dasara-2014, the Mysore Palace authorities took up the assembling of the gem-studded Golden Throne at Kannadi Totti inside the Amba Vilas Palace on Thursday September 18.
Prior to the assembling of the Golden Throne, the team of Palace priests comprising Janardhan Iyengar, Kumar, Manjunath Jois, Narasimha, Balasubramanya and Nagendra performed Punyaha, Ganapathi Puja, Chandi Homa, Ayusha Homa, Navagraha Homa, Mruthyunjaya Homa, Chamundeshwari Homa, Simhasana Pratishtapana Homa in the presence of Pramoda Devi Wadiyar.
Later, the officials and workers brought the Golden Throne from the strong room between 10 am and 11 am in Tula Lagna while the assembling took place between 11 am and 1 pm at the Durbar Hall under tight security.
As a precautionary measure, the authorities had closed all the doors leading to the Durbar Hall and even the Police personnel had to undergo a security check before entering the Palace premises. Meanwhile, entry for the general public and media to the Durbar Hall was restricted while the assembling was being taken up.
DC C Shikha, who is also the Chairman of Mysore Palace Board, Director KM Gayathri, Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya and others were present.
About the Golden Throne
The Golden Throne originally made of Fig Wood and decorated with Ivory plaques has a main seat, a staircase and a Golden Umbrella, all of which is attached with an inter-locking mechanism and is installed during the Dasara festivities.
It also has 24 verse Sanskrit shlokas engraved on the rim of the Umbrella that states. According to this epigraph, which is addressed to Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the Throne has come down to Mysore royal family from generations of Kings.
The seat has a Tortoise Seat (Kurmasana). The four sides of the Throne are decorated with Vyalas and creepers. Elephants on the East, Horses on the South, Soldiers on the West and Chariots on the North are decorated on the Royal Seat.
Brahma towards the South, Maheshwara on North and Vishnu in the centre forms the Trinity. In the corners are found Vijaya and four Lions, two mythical Shardulas, two Horses and Swans in four corners. It is further adorned with Naganymphs and Asthadikpalakas or guardians of eight quarters.
