By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan In collaboration with Kalabhimanigala Balaga, Mysuru, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha had organised a special programme on the occasion of 50th birthday of Chitravina N. Ravikiran. The programme was titled ‘Pancha Maha Purushara Paramukti Marga – Vadya Goshti Mattu Nritya Sambhashane,’ a rare event, wherein Sri Tyagaraja, Muttuswami Deekshitar, Shyama Shastri, Purandaradasa…
If you dance from the heart, your feet will follow.’ Devesh Mirchandani, the well-known Choreographer of Mumbai, not only lives his own life by the above motto but also makes his students believe in it. No wonder, his workshops are hugely popular. He has been conducting dance workshops in Mysuru for the past two years…
By S.B.S. Surendran, Accredited Master Feng Shui Consultant The term ‘Feng Shui Compatibility’ is actually the influence of how the energy of a building affects a person (or the people) living or working in it. Feng Shui per se has a wide range of levels, from the individual energy of the building, to the individual energy…
It is a crying shame that Mysore University, which has access to the science of harmful impact of de-silting, is bent upon carrying out the process at Kukkarahalli Lake despite protests by the environmentalists. It is difficult to find any expert who would support desilting given the limited technical ability to de-silt without harming the…
Mysore Diocese has now got a new Bishop with Rev. Msgr. K.A. William, who, at the age of 51, has become the second youngest person to be appointed as the Bishop of Mysore Diocese by Pope Francis. Preparations are in full swing for the Episcopal Ordination and installation of the Bishop at St. Joseph’s Cathedral…
By Ashvini Ranjan, Convenor, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) A Mysurean visiting Bengaluru experiences a shock seeing the tsunami of vehicular traffic on the roads. According to the official website of Bengaluru City Police, the vehicular population as on 31.3.2016 was 56 lakh motor vehicles. Of these, 70% constituted two-wheelers, 15% four-wheelers and the balance being…
A two-day Conference Ceremony of HIVe aMysuru ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDM-IMD auditorium in Mysuru yesterday. The Conference is being organised by Asha Kirana Trust, which is working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients and people living with AIDS since decades. In this article, Sujata Rajpal traces the roots of Asha…
By A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Mysuru, which the Britishers pro-nounced as My-sore, is the gift of Goddess Mahishasuramardini. According to mythology, the demon Mahishasura was tormenting the good people and was spoiling the Vedic way of life. The tormented people prayed to the Goddess and she…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Rig Veda has over a thousand hymns (sukta) that are arranged in ten chapters (mandala). The first and the tenth mandalas have precisely 191 hymns, indicating that the arrangement of hymns is not random, but deliberate. This organisation of hymns is attributed to Vyasa. Internal…
Krishnappa Gowtham (K. Gowtham) is known to Mysureans as a Mysuru Warrior as he plays for the Mysuru Warriors, city’s team in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). This Karnataka cricketer, who made his first-class debut against Uttar Pradesh in Meerut during November 2012, had to wait another three years before returning to the State team…
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