mysuru the festival shopping zing back in the city after a gap of two years the famed meena bazaar on sawday road which was built during maharaja mummadi krishnaraja wadiyar is the main attraction of ramzan shopping with the huge crowd thronging this shopping area according to merchants not only residents of mysuru but people from t narasipura mandya maddur etc are visiting this bazar for festival purchases according to meena bazaar merchants welfare association president elyaz baig and secretary syed khysar festival shopping is back to normal for the last two years business was dull due to covid19 however this year the response is good they said the entire bazaar is now decorated to welcome customers the major attractions of the bazaar are fancy items dresses toys etc customers of various religions are coming to shop here another attraction of this area is the delicious food matin a youth from surat in gujarat who is engaged in the preparation of agra petha and other items in a local kitchen said he comes to mysuru to prepare and sell the snacks every ramzan for one month this year business is good i will return to the festival he said meanwhile iftar parties are also back according to community leaders the celebrations are at the scale of precovid 19 period on sunday former cm siddaramaiah hosted an iftar party in the city