Mysuru: The agitating Chamundi Temple Priests and staff atop Chamundi Hill have withdrawn their protest yesterday, following assurance from State Muzarai Minister Rajashekhar Patil to fulfil their demands. Over 250 priests, permanent and temporary employees of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple and other temples atop Chamundi Hill, 18 Palace Temples and Tripurasundari Jwalamukhi Temple at Uthanahalli were…
Colourful ‘Shobha Yatre’ taken out in city
December 16, 2018Mysuru: Thousands of Brahmins of the district participated in the colourful ‘Shobha Yatre’ taken out in city this morning under the aegis of District Brahmana Sangha as part of the ongoing District Brahmin Convention. The ‘Shobha Yatre’ commenced from Shankara Mutt in Agrahara and proceeded through M.G. Road, Ramanuja Road and Yelethota, before culminating at…
Mysore Varsity VC felicitated
December 16, 2018Mysuru: The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore (UoM), Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar was felicitated by the city’s Maharaja Education Trust at a programme organised at Sri Rajendra Kalamandira on Ramanuja Road in city this morning. Delivering the felicitation address, former Kuvempu University Vice-Chancellor Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda said that the University of Mysore…
Government likely to monitor mass distribution of food at temples
December 16, 2018Bengaluru: The Hanur temple tragedy has brought to the fore lack of quality checks being done during mass distribution of food at temples, which are neither under the control of the government nor established temple managements. The Kichugutti Maramma temple incident is attributed to personal rivalry between two sets of temple managements running Maramma temples…
Terapanth Yuvak Parishad to hold blood donation camp on Dec.22
December 16, 2018Mysuru: As part of its social service initiative, the city unit of Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad will be conducting a blood donation camp at 5 centres across the city at 10 am on Dec.22. The centres are Terapanth Bhavan on M.G. Road, Apollo Hospital on Adichunchanagiri Road, Kuvempunagar, Kamakshi Hospital, Saraswathipuram, Milk Dairy (KMF)…
Chakkalaguli to stage ‘Food Glorious Food’ on Dec. 17,18
December 16, 2018Mysuru: Children’s Theatre Club ‘Chakkalaguli,’ supported by I Can The Learning Centre School, will present a contemporary musical show “Food Glorious Food” based on Charles Dickens critically-acclaimed novel Oliver Twist and inspired by 1968 classic Oliver. The plot set in Victorian England charts the life story of a young orphan boy Oliver. The execution of…
Maharajapuram Ramachandran to perform at Nadabrahma tomorrow
December 16, 2018Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has organised a Karnatak vocal concert by Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran in memory of late C.R. Srinivasan, The Oriental Research Institute, Mysuru. The concert is on Dec.17 at 6 pm. Ramachandran will be accompanied by Surup Tatachar on violin, Tumkur B. Ravishakar on mridanga and S. Manjunath on ghata. Profile Maharajapuram S….
Yoga Guru B.K.S. Iyengar took yoga to houses
December 16, 2018Yoga pioneer’s birth centenary year celebrated; demand for Bharat Ratna Mysuru: Just like Bhishma in the epic Mahabharatha, B.K.S. Iyengar was considered the Bhishma of Yoga, said Patanjali Yoga Shikshana Kendra Founder Prof. K. Keshavamurthy. He was speaking after inaugurating the Yoga Bhishma B.K.S. Iyengar Birth Centenary Celebrations, organised by Mysuru Yoga Association and District…
‘Trekking is a lifetime experience for NCC Cadets’
December 16, 2018Suttur: The participation of NCC Cadets in trekking programmes is a lifetime experience for them, said JSS Institution Co-ordinator J.L. Tripurantaka. He was addressing the NCC Air Wing Cadets of JSS High School, Suttur who are part of a 10-day trekking expedition to Tirupati and Belagavi. He said that not every student gets an opportunity…
Tiger kills sheep near Taragan Estate at K.G. Habbanakuppe
December 16, 2018Hunsuru: A sheep was killed and three other sheep have gone missing after a tiger attacked a flock of sheep which were grazing near Taragan Estate Goat Farm at K.G. Habbanakuppe in Hanagod hobli in the taluk this morning. The incident took place when Maniyamma and Ramesh were grazing the sheep at Muttanna block…















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