Mysuru: Acclaimed Bharatanatyam artiste from Kodagu, Mukkatira Shilpa Nanjappa, has been selected for the prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) under the category ‘Overall Contribution and Scholarship in the Performing Arts.’  The award is India’s highest honour for performing artistes under the age of 40. Shilpa is the first person from Kodagu and the first Kodavathi to receive the coveted recognition.  Candidates are nominated…

Mysuru: The cultural city of Mysuru has been witnessing a significant increase in the number of yoga practitioners every year and there is a need to expand the same to the entire State to ensure at least 2 crore people take part in the International Day of Yoga celebrations next year, said Avadhoota Datta Peetham Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, here on Sunday.   He…

Mysuru: Greenpeace India representatives have come out with a people-led street design plan named ‘Samavesha’ pertaining to redevelopment works of  AIISH-Bogadi Road Junction in the city.  On June 4, this report was submitted to three key officials of the city — C.S. Manjunath, Deputy Commissioner (Development), Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Pradeep, writer at the ACP (Traffic) Office, Shivarampet and Mahadevaswamy, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) at…

Mysuru: Senior tabla artiste of Bengaluru Pandit Rajendra Nakod was conferred with the prestigious ‘Pandit K.S. Hadapada Award’ at the 20th commemoration programme of Pandit K.S. Hadapada, organised by Sri Guru Puttaraja (SGP) Sangeetha Sabha, at Ganabharathi’s Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar here recently.  Speaking on the occasion, SGP Sangeetha Sabha Hon. President M.V. Ramprasad said that Mysuru is a city which patronises all forms of art. It is the responsibility of the youths to maintain and carry forward this legacy of the city, he noted.  Stating…

Narayana Hospital first in Mysuru region to introduce advanced regenerative treatment for knee joint damage  Mysuru: Narayana Hospital has introduced Arthroscopic Hyalofast scaffold implantation with BMAC augmentation for cartilage injury, making it the sole facility in all of Mysuru and the first in the region to provide this state-of-the-art treatment for people experiencing chronic cartilage damage and injury & early joint…

Mysuru: The Mysore Organisation of Genitourinary Surgeons (MYSOGUS), under the aegis of the Karnataka Urology Association (KUA), successfully conducted its 7th Annual Live Operative Workshop recently under the theme ‘Urinary Incontinence.’   The event was hosted by the Department of Urology, Manipal Hospital, Mysuru.  Live surgeries on complex cases were performed by eminent Urologists from across the country at Manipal Hospital, Mysuru, with live transmission…

Mysuru: A significant community infrastructure project aimed at enhancing the comfort and convenience of patients’ attendants and visitors was dedicated to the public at Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality (PKSS) Hospital, KRS Road, Mysuru, recently.   The PKSS visitor shelter, constructed by Rotary Mysore Midtown  in association with Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (MMC&RI) with CSR support from Kaynes Technology India Limited and contributions from…