Mangalore Dasara this time will see more lights as Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has decided to light up streets and buildings around Mangaladevi temple along with Kudroli Gokarnanatha temple. The Gokarnanatha temple management for so many years was illuminating streets including Kudroli Temple, Mannagudde, Lady Hill Circle, PVS Junction, Navabharat Circle, Hampankatta, Car Street, and New Chitra Theatre, where the Mangalore Dasara Shobha Yatre was being taken out. However, the temple management appears unable to arrange lighting this year because of drop in income following the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, it would be apt on the part of the corporation to arrange lighting as Mangalore Dasara is one of the few notable events of the city. Mangalore city Mayor Premanand Shetty said the MCC will bear the expenses of lighting the streets of both the two temples.