Mysore/Mysuru: With Goddess Chamundeshwari Rathotsava scheduled to take place atop Chamundi Hill tomorrow (Oct.19), the entry of devotees to the Hill Temple has been banned from 4 am to 10 am tomorrow as a COVID safety measure. In a press release, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham said that the Rathotsava will be held in a…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: October 18, 2021
October 18, 2021Mysuru reports 27 new COVID-19 positive cases, 37 discharges and 2 deaths today.
Proof of pothole filling lies in fresh photos…
October 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had taken up pothole-filling works soon after the Dasara grants were released. But the works were so pathetic that in most of the places where the filling works were done, the asphalt was washed away and the potholes were back to square one within a week or so. In…
Dasara jumbos head back to jungle camps
October 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Emotional moments were witnessed at Mysore Palace premises this morning when all the eight Dasara elephants returned to their respective forest camps after the end of the ten-day Dasara festivities. Many onlookers became emotional when these elephants were loaded onto the trucks. Earlier in the morning, priest S.V. Prahalad Rao led the puja rituals…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: October 17, 2021
October 17, 2021Mysuru reports 42 new COVID-19 positive cases, 35 discharges and 2 deaths today.
Sword of Chamaraja Wadiyar statue breaks during Jumboo Savari rush
October 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Jumboo Savari’ crowd rush near the Palace on Friday had its effects as the sword of the statue of Chamaraja Wadiyar at Chamaraja Wadiyar Circle in front of the Palace broke and the boundary wall of the statue, the Circle bulbs and flower pots got damaged due to the havoc caused by the…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: October 16, 2021
October 16, 2021Mysuru reports 21 new COVID-19 positive cases, 56 discharges and 1 death today.
Low-key but grand Jumboo Savari
October 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Navarathri in Mysuru concluded last evening with a spectacular ‘Jumboo Savari’ within the confines of the Mysore Palace. This year too, the celebrations were muted under the shadow of COVID-19. But inside the Palace, more than 8,000 people were allowed to witness the procession even as the Government had restricted the entry to 500…
Procession of Goddess Chamundeshwari’s idol from Hill to Palace signals new tradition
October 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Setting a new tradition, the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari — Utsava Murti — was brought in a procession from Chamundi Hill to the Mysore Palace ahead of ‘Jumboo Savari.’ The idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari is in the possession of Mysore Palace Board and is handed over to the Hill Temple (Muzrai Department) before the…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021Mysuru reports 59 new COVID-19 positive cases, 31 discharges and 2 deaths today.
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