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How Hatha Yoga can help your mind Isha Hatha Yoga
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How Hatha Yoga can help your mind Isha Hatha Yoga

June 12, 2026

Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation In this series, Sadhguru discusses various aspects that can significantly impact the quality of your yogic practice and our life. Part 14: How Hatha Yoga Can Help Your Mind Questioner: I have a hard time memorising. Being receptive to oral transmission is very challenging for me. Could…

Sewage inflow chokes historic Thippayyanakere
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Sewage inflow chokes historic Thippayyanakere

June 11, 2026

8 years after rejuvenation… MP flags severe pollution in once-pristine lake near Chamundi Hill, promises action Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar has expressed serious concern over the pollution of the historic Thippayyanakere at the foot of Chamundi Hill, where untreated sewage has been flowing in, severely contaminating the water body. He assured residents that swift…

Yama’s Journey from Vedic King to Cosmic Accountant
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Yama’s Journey from Vedic King to Cosmic Accountant

June 11, 2026

Decoding Mythology Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Yama is the Hindu god of death, accountability and the afterlife. Often ignored, his history is long and complex, reaching back to Vedic, Indo-Iranian and Indo-European mythological traditions. The Sanskrit word yama means ‘twin,’ which alludes to his earliest mythic origins. Indo-European creation myths tell…

The Great Sleep Conspiracy
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The Great Sleep Conspiracy

June 10, 2026

The Lighter Side By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There is something deeply unfair about the universe and I have spent considerable time — mostly between two and four in the morning — thinking about it. The young, bless their well-rested hearts, cannot wake up. The old, curse their hyperactive nervous systems, cannot sleep. Somewhere in this…

Nerale season begins, markets see brisk sales
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Nerale season begins, markets see brisk sales

June 9, 2026

Mysuru – The ‘black beauty’ Java plum, locally known as ‘Nerale’, ‘Jambu Nerale’ or ‘Jamun’, has begun arriving in Mysuru markets, with brisk trading reported along city roadsides and inside Devaraja Market. The fruit’s distinctive deep purple colour, tangy flavour and reputed medicinal value have sparked a seasonal rush, with citizens lining up not just…

Vintage Vignettes … from a Princely State
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Vintage Vignettes … from a Princely State

June 8, 2026

This photograph of the seated Maharaja, H.H. Chamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur X (1863-1894) and his brothers (from L-R: Prince Gopala Raje Urs, H.H. CRW and Prince Subramanya Raje Urs) was taken in 1876 by the famous photographers Bourne and Shepherd which had studios at Calcutta, Bombay and Simla (1864-1900). The album of photographs was presented to…

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Strange lessons in living, exchanged!

June 7, 2026

Over a cup of evening tea Last week I wrote about the kind of life led by many medical students, who take their own sweet time to pass out of medical colleges and become doctors, with some of them even dropping out from the courses altogether and pursuing other fields of life, often ending up…

Inner Nature
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Inner Nature

June 5, 2026

Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Nature is a physical quantity. The word nature means that aspect of life which is limited to the perception of the sense organs. Only what you can see, hear, feel, sense, taste, smell — that is nature. All the things that we call as nature are physical….

Huttu Habba – Haadu Habba musical programme in city this evening
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Huttu Habba – Haadu Habba musical programme in city this evening

June 4, 2026

Mysuru, June 4- Lions Club of Parivartana has organised a Karaoke musical programme titled ‘Huttu Habba – Haadu Habba’ to commemorate the birth anniversaries of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and renowned playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) at the amphitheatre (Samskruthika Kala Bhavan) near Doctor’s Corner in Gokulam 3rd Stage today from 5 pm.MP Yaduveer Wadiyar will…

Vishnu’s art of attracting fortune
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Vishnu’s art of attracting fortune

June 4, 2026

Decoding Mythology By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Indian mythology, Vishnu is described as the beloved of Lakshmi. His names are Sri-vallabha, beloved of fortune and Sri-nivasa, abode of fortune. In art, the goddess is shown residing in his heart or seated by his side. When he reclines, she is at…

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