Mysore/Mysuru: With less than a month left (24 days) for this year’s Dasara (Sept. 22 – Oct. 2), the District Administration is yet to decide on artistes for Yuva Dasara. However, sources told Star of Mysore that District Administration, in an effort to attract a large crowd for Yuva Dasara, is said to be keen…
Mysore/Mysuru: In view of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the city on Sept.1 and 2, the Mysuru District Administration is leaving no stone unturned in making adequate arrangements for the hassle-free visit of the First Citizen of the country. A team of officials led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy inspected the itinerary of…
Brindavan Ganeshotsava-2025 hosts the festival on a bigger scale Mysore/Mysuru: On account of Gowri-Ganesha festival, Brindavan Ganeshotsava-2025 has brought 1,021 idols of Lord Ganesha closer to devotees, engulfing the locality with festive fervour. Brindavan Badavane Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike, Mysuru, has for the first time consecrated a big number of Ganesha idols at the premises of…
‘If it weren’t a Hindu temple, Chamundeshwari Temple wouldn’t be under Muzrai Department’ Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of recent developments over the selection of this year’s Dasara inaugurator and the political storm that followed — with Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar dragging in the revered Chamundi Hill, claiming it is not the property of Hindus —…
Dasara inauguration invitation to Banu Mushtaq is CM’s calculated move to consolidate minority support Mysore/Mysuru: Former MP Prathap Simha launched a blistering attack on Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar yesterday, accusing him of misusing religion for political purposes. “We don’t need lessons on religion from someone who tried to turn Shiva’s sacred Hill, Kapali Betta…
Mysore/Mysuru: Ganesha fervour grips city, with various households consecrating the idols and organisations and associations installing the idols in public pandals, thus keeping the spirit of festival alive, till they are immersed as a mark of conclusion of the festival. The main attractions are Ganesha idols in gigantic forms adorning the public pandals; the idol…
Mysore/Mysuru: A controversy had erupted within the ruling Congress in Karnataka after Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) sang the RSS Anthem in the State Assembly during the recently concluded Monsoon Session. Responding to the backlash, Shivakumar expressed regret in Bengaluru this morning, recalling that he had suffered…
‘No objection to Banu Mushtaq inaugurating festivities, but faith in Goddess Chamundeshwari vital’ Mysore/Mysuru: There is no objection to inviting International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the upcoming Mysuru Dasara festivities. However, MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has underlined that the inauguration should pay respects to Goddess Chamundeshwari and be conducted in a…
Hassan: Speaking to reporters in Hassan yesterday, amidst raging debate on the Government’s choice of Dasara guest, writer and 2025 Dasara inaugurator Banu Mushtaq expressed her happiness at being selected to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festivities. “It is truly a matter of joy for me,” she said. “You revere Goddess Chamundeshwari, and I respect your…
To the list of decorative articles used as thorana (door hanging) to adorn the main door of the house, adds dried paddy stalk thorana, made of naturally grown dry paddy stalks/ straws. Paddy thorana, which was till recently extensively used in the Northern parts of the country, has pervaded Southern part too, with Mysuru being…
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