Mysuru: This year’s ten-day Mysuru Winter Festival has been a great hit among the tourists as well as the local residents. People have been thronging Mysore Palace and other venues to witness cultural programmes and flower show as well. Now, as part of the winter extravaganza, the District Administration and Department of Tourism have organised…
I was a school-going boy not known to fever. The only health problem I remember was stomach ache — apparently due to erratic over-eating. And one night it hit me. Fever. I was miserably sweating. I was taken to a hospital by bus at Virajpet, a small town. The good doctor gave me an injection…
Mysuru; To prevent the deaths of spot-billed pelicans, the Forest Department has started the process of spraying anti-septic liquids at Kokkare Bellur in Mandya. They will next spray around the Kukkarahalli Lake in Mysuru. Officials from the Veterinary Department have clarified that the spray is not anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents. Both water bodies have reported…
Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA Vasu distributed compensation to affected residents of Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) whose houses were damaged due to water gushing during the heavy rains a couple of months ago, at a programme organised at Basaveshwara Samudaya Bhavan in Vinayakanagar here yesterday. Apart from Rs.3,800 relief out of the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF), Vasu personally…
Search Engine Giant Google has paid its tributes to Rashtrakavi Kuvempu on his 113th birth anniversary today in the form of a doodle. It shows the poet laureate clad in white kurta and dhoti, with close-cropped grey hair holding a book, writing, sitting on a hillock, called Kavishaila, surrounded by the Sahyadri mountain range, flowing…
Bengaluru: Poet Laureate Kuvempu was conferred the Jnanpith Award for his magnum opus Ramayana Darshanam 50 years ago. To mark the golden jubilee of the award, the Department of Posts released a special cancellation postal cover yesterday at a function organised by Kannada and Culture Department at Ravindra Kalakshetra here. Former High Court Judge Justice…
Mysuru: Adijagadguru Sri Shivarathri Shivayogi Jathra Mahotsava Samithi, on the occasion of Suttur Jathra- 2018 to be held between Jan. 13 and 18, will be conducting free mass marriage ceremony on Jan. 14 at Suttur Sri Kshetra. The organisers will be providing mangalasutra, sari and toe ring for bride and dhoti, valli and shirt for…
Mysuru: Suttur Mutt, Mysuru, as part of its monthly moonlight music programme, has organised a Karnatak vocal music concert by Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan on New Year day (Jan. 1, 2018) at the Mutt premises, foot of Chamundi Hill. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. ‘Thrissur Brothers’ will be accompanied…
Mysuru: Observing that Kuvempu’s Mahakavya ‘Shri Ramayana Darshanam’ is like a jewel in the ‘Vishwavani’ crown, veteran littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) has said that Kuvempu was literally a Rashtrakavi. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Vishwamanava Day’ organised ly by District Administration, Kannada and Culture Department and Kuvempu Jayantotsava Samiti, marking the birth anniversary of…
Mysuru: JSS Urban Haat, Mysuru, will be conducting a special handloom mela ‘Samskruthi – 2017’ at its premises on Ring Road in Hebbal from Dec. 29 (today) to Jan. 14. The exhibition will be inaugurated by District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa at 4 pm today. A variety of sarees including Kanchivaram silk, Molakalmuru, Bengali…
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