Celebration to be called ‘Mahishotsava’ instead of ‘Mahisha Dasara’, says Urilinga Peddi Mutt Seer Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah clarified that the State Government has never officially celebrated ‘Mahisha Dasara’ and it is at the discretion of the District Administration to allow or cancel its celebration, a delegation from the BJP met City Police…
Carries about 800-kg weight from Palace to Torchlight Parade Grounds amidst rain Mysore/Mysuru: With the famed Jumboo Savari scheduled to take place on Vijayadashami (Oct. 24), Abhimanyu, who will be carrying the 750-kg Golden Howdah with the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari in it, began his training of carrying the 280-kg Wooden Howdah, the replica of…
Mysuru, Bengaluru and Kodagu receive heavy rain catching people off-guard Mysore/Mysuru: Even though the monsoon has failed this year pushing the State towards drought, the sudden rain disrupted normal life in Mysuru, Bengaluru, Kodagu and several other regions of the State yesterday. The monsoon season usually begins in the month of June and ends in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Youths turned out in good numbers soaking in the spirit of Dasara Yuva Sambhrama, even amid rain at Open Air Theatre, Manasagangothri, in city last evening. As the students from various college troupes exhibited their talent, the audience holding umbrella and chairs above to protect themselves from the downpour enjoyed the evening of dance…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, as part of Dasara-2023, has organised the following programmes for students, general public and tourists to enable them to know more about the importance of heritage buildings, sculptures and history of Mysuru: Oct. 19 (7 am): Heritage bicycle (Trin Trin) ride from Town Hall premises. Oct. 20…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mayor Purushotham announced at a press conference on Saturday that to mark ‘Mahisha Dasara’ on Oct. 13, a bike rally will commence from Ashokapuram and proceed to the Mahishasura statue atop Chamundi Hill. Purushotham also serves as the President of Mahisha Dasara Acharana Samiti. A stage programme will be held at Town Hall,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Artistes Association has urged the Superintendent of Police (SP), Mysuru District and Director of Kannada and Culture Department not to give permission to Karaoke programmes during the forthcoming Dasara cultural programmes. The artistes, led by Association General Secretary Gurudutt, who submitted a memorandum to SP Seema Latkar, said: “By permitting such Karaoke songs…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 34-year-old male farmer from K.R. Pet Taluk underwent a kidney transplant on Sept. 27 at Sigma Hospital in Kuvempunagar, Mysuru, in which his wife donated her one kidney. Post-surgery, patient is now doing well and able to do all his routine activities without worrying about need for dialysis and dietary restrictions. With this…
Mysore/Mysuru: The following have been elected to the office of the Managing Committee of Sri Kanteerava Narasimharaja Sports Club (Mysore Sports Club) for the year 2023-24 at the Annual General Body Meeting held on Sunday: M.C. Mallikarjun (President); Ajaykumar Singh (Vice-President); D. Vishwanath (Secretary) and S.K. Dinesh (Treasurer). Those elected as Directors are: Aditya Gowda,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The free general health screening, dental check-up, cancer awareness (including cervical and breast cancer awareness for women) for parents of Ideal Jawa Rotary School (IJRS), conducted by Rotary Mysore and Interact Club of IJRS, was a success with 400 parents registering for the camp. Doctors and medical staff from Apollo BGS Hospitals and Asha…
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