Rs. 20 crore heritage mountain project to be completed by September 2022 By Mohan Kayaka Over 60 to 65 percent works have been completed to build a 108-ft statue of Male Mahadeshwara Swamy atop Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills). The 27-ft pedestal on which the statue of Madappa on top of a tiger has been…
Karnataka’s Republic Day tableau steals the show
January 30, 2022Artist Akmal Pasha of Rajivnagar and his 45-member team provide a magical touch By A. Ganesh From skilfully made pots, carefully sculpted sandalwood miniatures to hand-woven sarees, Karnataka’s rich tradition of handicraft were on grand display at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi’s Rajpath on Jan. 26. In fact, the Karnataka tableau stole the…
Bar-Headed Geese from Mongolia come calling
January 28, 2022Hadinaru Lake in Nanjangud Taluk teeming with banded migratory birds [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] The picturesque Hadinaru freshwater lake near Nanjangud is teeming with the banded bird from Mongolia — the Bar-Headed Geese and the migratory birds are pulling villagers, tourists and crowds like a magnet. So much so that photographers from Mysuru are…
Has Mysuru gone Bengaluru way?—7: Mysuru is already on Bengaluru way
January 27, 2022By R. Chandra Prakash For the past forty-four years Star of Mysore has been keeping its readers abreast with every important event in Mysuru. Hence, a discerning reader can judge whether this iconic city has indeed gone Bengaluru way. However, for the sake of common convenience and to substantiate the hypothesis that Mysuru has ‘already…
The First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
January 25, 2022By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy India gained independence on 15th August 1947, but technically it was not yet a fully free nation. The newly independent country had a dominion status and King George VI of Britain was its nominal head. The process of giving it a Constitution and making India a Republic had started even…
Discovering alphabets of old Kodava script
January 24, 2022Two inscriptions, previously assumed to be in mixed language, contain a unique character set By Mookonda Nitin Kushalappa, Engineer, Historian, Author and Researcher In his 1914 revised Coorg Inscriptions volume of the Epigraphy Carnatica book series, B.L. Rice has listed two peculiar 14th century inscriptions. These were deciphered for Rice by Narasimhachar and Krishna Shastri….
Shikra, the leopard of avian kingdom
January 23, 2022By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist The Shikra has long been known for its great courage, coupled with intellect as a hunter. It is the most common bird used in the art of falconry across the country in pre-independence times. Falconry is the keeping and training of birds of prey, especially the falcon, and hunting with them,…
Helping isolated patients recover faster, happier
January 20, 2022KSOU COVID Care Centre at Mandakalli strives to become a model centre again By M.T. Yogesh Kumar The COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Karnataka State Open University’s (KSOU) Academic Bhavan in Mandakalli has begun admitting the pandemic’s third wave patients and over 92 patients have been admitted there now. Among the many COVID Care Centres…
The Act of Seeing
January 20, 2022By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To see or not to see, that is the question. The difference between an organism and an object is that the organism can sense the world around it. It’s sentient. Organism needs to sense the world around in order to stay alive. It needs to sense…
Has Mysuru gone Bengaluru way?—6: Iconic Mysore and its Tipping Point
January 19, 2022By R. Chandra Prakash The Wadiyar dynasty of Mysore State had a divine heart and a magic sceptre in their hand. Their belief in Goddess Chamundeshwari was the divine driving force behind their rule. And, as if to give credence to their belief in Goddess Chamundi, the dynasty’s womenfolk were equal participants in the protection…
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