The mascot 'Thambi' is a knight dressed in the traditional Tamil attire Veshti (Dhoti) with a shirt and is seen with folded hands, apparently extending the Tamil greeting 'Vanakkam'.
Organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, which began in Singapore two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, is one of the important defence summits in Asia.