Looking for the origin of earthen lamps or Diyas for Deepavali, Star of Mysore, on a rainy day, arrived at Doora, a village located 20 kms to the South of Mysuru. At Doora, we were standing right in the middle of a sea of clay pots and Diyas. This village is keeping the tradition of…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Vedas, one does find references to individual Goddesses like Usha, Vak and Aranyani who represent dawn, speech, and forests, respectively. In the Puranas, there is Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati, embodiments of wealth, power and knowledge. However, in practice, Hindus often worship Goddesses in groups….
Articulate Trust for Arts, whose mission is to collaborate with classical dance artistes to create platforms to share and enjoy classical dances of India, in its 42nd edition conducted the Articulate (Mysuru) Festival on Oct.20 at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuvempunagar, Mysuru. Curator of the festival, Mysore B. Nagaraj said that the Trust has dedicated…
A dripping faucet or a leak in the ceiling indicates draining of money hence get them fixed. After all, when you fix something in your home, you are fixing it in your life. Feng Shui can be said to be a tool to overcome many obstacles in the life of a person and it does…
Ideas worthy of a Nobel Prize This article is related to Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and his association with Pratham. Many of his research findings which won him and his associates the Nobel Prize recently are a result of his collaboration with Pratham. By Ashvini Ranjan, Managing Trustee, Pratham Mysore Abhijit Banerjee, the…
By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Circus excites everyone irrespective of age. People throng circuses across the world to witness some of the best acrobats performed by artistes, putting their lives at a high risk. Believing in the motto ‘The show must go on’, artistes have been performing day in and day…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you look to the sky, towards the North and want to identify the Pole Star, you have to first seek the Big Dipper constellation. Dipper means a ladle, the kind used to put ghee in the yagna fire. This ladle-shaped constellation has seven stars. In…
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur The two recent music programmes held in Mysuru were very pleasing, impressive and worth remembering. One was a veena recital and the other was a lecture-demonstration. Ganabharathi and Gayana Sabha were the organisers respectively. Vidu. Mysore Rajalakshmi played veena at Veene Seshanna Bhavana on the 27th of September accompanied by…
Sundar Raj is a 72-year-old person who grabs everyone’s attention as he comes riding a classic bullet bike at that age. But this was not the way he was a few years ago as he was suffering from cancer in his 4th stage. His health condition was so bad that he could hardly walk or…
The play was staged by Rangayana Touring Unit, Mysuru, at Bhoomigeeta in Rangayana premises on Oct.6 as part of Navaratri Rangotsava. By Sahana Sampath All the world’s a stage” said Shakespeare in ‘As You Like It,’ which was rightly adapted by the team, in their play ‘Arcadiadalli Puck.’ The actors on stage were successful in…
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