By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The concept of Nava-durga is extremely popular during Navaratri. Navaratri refers to the nine nights that lead to the celebration of Vijayadashami. The Goddess is worshipped in nine forms. The nine forms are Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skanda Mata, Kaatyayani, Kalaratri, Mahagauri and Siddharaatri. These are…
By Vijayamala K. Saralaya Vid. C. Vishwanath and team’s mandolin concert marked the 5th concert under ‘Yuva Sangeetha Sambhrama’ series of Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, premièred on the YouTube channel of the Sabha on Dec. 5. Mandolin is a western instrument which naturally appeals to one by its melodious sound. Vishwanath initially learnt…
United Kodava Organisation to hold Mand Namme at Ammathi tomorrow By Mookonda Kushalappa The Kodavas were originally worshippers of ancestors and of nature. A Kodava joint family was called an Okka. The members of such a family owned and tilled their farmland in common. A group of these families formed a hamlet called a Keri….
By Shadan Muneer Every cloud has a silver lining. This adage has been proved right by multiple innovative ideas, entrepreneurship ventures and creative home makers during the current pandemic. Corporates have been thinking differently, schools and colleges trying new ways to engage with students and home makers have come out of their comfort zones and…
A Road to Health: There are seven other Government Hospitals on the stretch from Vontikoppal Temple to Royal Inn junction on KRS Road — District Hospital, ESI, Ayurveda, Naturopathy & Yoga, PKTB Sanatorium, Trauma Centre, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research – Mysuru Branch and ED (Epidemic Diseases) Hospital — apart from some…
Pergolas, walkways, artistic arches greet visitors Senna spectabilis weed wood aesthetically shaped and designed to beautify cottage, dormitory area By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Bandipur Tiger Reserve, known for tigers, leopards and elephants and a host of other wild fauna and flora, is witnessing a surge in tourist footfall these days and on an average 500…
People of Karnataka were happy and sad when an IPS Officer quit Police force and joined politics. They were happy that they can expect cleansing of political field. But they were sad that an upright officer is being swayed away due to strong current of politics. He is none other than Kuppusamy Annamalai, a former…
By N. Sreekanta Kumar Tagadur Ramachandra Rao was born to Suryanarayanappa and Lakshmamma as third child on Oct. 6, 1898 and he lost his mother at a young age. He and his brother and sister were brought up by the elder sister of his mother Subbamma, a widow. Ramachandra Rao belonged to Muguru Karnataka Brahmins…
100-bed infrastructure ready; waits for equipment, staff By M.T. Yogesh Kumar A 69-year-old maternity hospital has paved way for a high-tech hospital in city and is waiting for modern equipment, service-minded doctors and staff to fill the sections. Thousands of Mysureans have taken birth at this hospital and the new spacious structure is the result…
By Girija Madhavan Settling into a new home was always a challenge to a Mysurean like myself, though I had lived in several foreign countries over the years. It was no different when I went to Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany, when my husband, A. Madhavan, was posted as Ambassador to FRG (the Federal Republic…
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