Over 1,000 people, under the banner of Badthi Meesalathi (SC/ST) Samrakshana Samithi and led by Urilingi Peddi Mutt Seer Sri Jnanaprakasha Swamiji and former Mayor Purushotham, taking out a protest march from Town Hall to the DC’s Office seeking reservation in promotion. The protesters after reaching the DC’s Office, staged a protest for some time…
Seer climbs Hill, MLA cleans Hill steps
July 18, 2018Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, the junior Pontiff of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, who annually climbs the 1001 steps leading to Chamundi Hill Temple as part of Ashada Masa, undertook Hill climbing this morning. He was accompanied by a large number of devotees. Picture below shows K.R. Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas launching the step cleaning…
Ashada Friday atop Chamundi Hill: Badam Burfis and Ladoos for devotees on July 20
July 18, 2018Sri Chamundeshwari Seva Samithi, 100 ft. Road, Mysuru, will distribute badam burfis and ladoos to devotees during Anna Santharpane (mass feeding) atop Chamundi Hill as part of first Ashada Friday on July 20. Samithi Director Arun Kumar Jain said that preparation of 20,000 burfis and 10,000 ladoos was going on at Nityananda Kalyana Mantapa in…
Hunt for a good meal…
July 18, 2018A snake is intensely sensing the world around it through its forked tongue, looking for its prey. This photograph of Sri Lankan Cat Snake or Ceylon Cat Snake was clicked at the forest near Bittangala near Virajpet in Kodagu by Dr. C. Bishan Monnappa, an Orthopaedic Surgeon. This snake (scientific name Boiga Ceylonensis) is nocturnal…
Rotary Mysore West-Sri Sharada Scholarship Awarded
July 18, 2018The students, who received Rotary Mysore West-Sri Sharada Scholarship Award at a programme organised by Rotary Club of Mysore West and Sri Sharada Educational Trust at Rotary West auditorium in Saraswathipuram last evening, are seen with District Governor Elect – RI Dist. 3181 Rtn. Prof. Joseph Mathew, Star of Mysore Managing Editor Vikram Muthanna, Rotary…
Wins Silver in State U-25 Chess Championship
July 18, 2018Vivekananda of Mysuru won second place in the Karnataka State Under-25 Chess Championship 2018 which took place from July 6 to 8 in Kalaburagi. Vivekananda scored 7 points out of possible 8 rounds. He beat VPS Darshan of Mandya in the final round to secure 2nd position. Balkishan of Bengaluru won the Championship.
Plea to clear weeds, overgrown bushes in Vijayanagar
July 17, 2018Weeds and bushes grown under the hi-tension wire at Vijayanagar 2nd Stage is causing a lot of problems to the residents living in the surroundings who are living with the fear of snakes and insects. Authorities concerned are urged to take steps to get the place cleaned at the earliest.
An overturned garbage bin in Rajiv Nagar
July 17, 2018Garbage bins are kept at vantage places so that people can put garbage in it properly, make use of it and keep the surroundings neat and tidy. However, a garbage bin is kept upside down near Gupta Stores in Rajiv Nagar since a week, resulting in residents dumping their garbage beside the upside down garbage…
Sewage water creating problems on Hanumantha Rao Street
July 17, 2018Sewage water leaking from a broken pipeline on Hanumantha Rao Street, behind Hotel Maurya, is causing inconvenience to the public since two months. One of SOM readers, who has sent this photograph, says that he had given a complaint and promptly received an acknowledgement via SMS to his phone but so far no one has…
Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha holds free medical camp
July 16, 2018Dr. Mathanda Aiyappa is seen checking the Blood Pressure of one of the senior members of Shree Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha, Mysuru, to mark the inauguration of the free medical camp organised by the Sangha at Mahaveer Vidya Mandir in Srirampura yesterday. Physician Dr. Latha Muthanna, Dermatologists Dr. P.A. Kushalappa and Dr. Poovamma, Urologists Dr….
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