Mysuru: GRS Fantasy Park, Mysuru, hosted GRS Talent Star-2026 at Kalamandira in city recently bringing together over 1,000 students and teachers from more than 200 schools across Mysuru, spanning State, CBSE, ICSE and IGCSE boards, for a day-long celebration of creativity and confidence.

For 26 years, GRS Fantasy Park has been Mysuru’s specialist in happy, safe school outings serving over 1.35 crore guests and more than 65 lakh students and teachers from over 57,000 schools across 5 States and 66 cities.

In crayon colouring contest for class 5, D. Vismay of Jnana Bharathi H.P.S, Pandavapura, Mandya, won first place, U. Deekshith of St. Mary’s English School, T. Narasipur, second and Trishul Manoj of Shri Chamarajendra School for Excellence, Chamarajapuram, third.

Nerves and vocabulary were put to test in class 6 English Spell Bee, where Deepthi R. Gowda of Christ the King Convent Public School, Lakshmipuram,

spelled her way to the top. Riddha Pratej of Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra, Vijayanagar, finished a close second and Sudeeksha Iyengar of BSS Vidyodaya, Krishnamurthypuram, took third.

In class 7 solo dance, A. Varsha of The Acme School, Nivedithanagar, won first place; M. Anvesha Shree of Kautilya Vidyalaya, Dattagalli, got second place and K. Spoorthi of JSS Practicing Primary School, Saraswathipuram, third place.

Ten students from each contest were honoured as GRS Future Talent Stars.

The GRS Talent Star Rolling Trophy, awarded to the best performing school across all three events, went to BSS Vidyodaya. Their consistency across crayon colouring, English spell bee and solo dance set them apart from a well-earned finish to a day that celebrated talent in every form.

“Seeing schools from across Mysuru come together under one roof, cheering for each other as much as for themselves, is exactly what we hoped GRS Talent Star would become,” said Ashwin Dange, Director, GRS Fantasy Park.

The day also featured an AI Learning session by MQA (Mysore Quantum AI) and free dental check-ups. GRS Fantasy Park thanked partners CISPMAM, Young Indians (Yi), Excelsoft Technologies and others for supporting the event.