The erstwhile royal family of Mysore Sunday expressed strong dissatisfaction over the management of this year’s Mysuru Dasara, alleging interference in religious rituals, security lapses, and poor coordination by government agencies, urging the government to let it conduct traditional ceremonies within the palace.

In a four-page public letter addressed to the media and the government, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the family, also offered a slew of suggestions.

They included allowing the Mysore royal family to conduct Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami rituals within the palace premises without external interference, while continuing government-organised cultural programmes and the traditional Chamundeshwari procession to Bannimantap.

The Karnataka Government organises the historic Mysuru celebrations as a state festival.

Responding Wadiyar’s letter, Yathindra Siddaramaiah , the district-in-charge minister for Mysuru, said the government has always cooperated with the royal family in conducting Dasara and…