Mysore/Mysuru: Marking Ayudha Puja, titular head of royal family, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, performed the customary pujas and homas, including Chandi Homa with Poornahuti, to the armoury of the Palace, including Pattada Katti, in the Palace premises on Sunday. On Ayudha Puja day on Sunday, Pattada Aane (State elephant), Pattada Hasu (State Cows), Pattada Kudure…
City centre witnesses ‘undeclared bandh’ as cops erect barricades around Palace
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The cultural capital of the State Mysuru on Monday presented a picture of ‘undeclared bandh’ as Police had erected barricades all around the Mysore Palace for Vijayadashami procession inside the Palace premises and to prevent people from venturing anywhere near the Palace. On account of simple Dasara, the Government had restricted the Jumboo Savari…
Lakhs witness virtual Jumboo Savari
October 27, 2020People can enjoy illumination till Nov. 1 Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that lakhs of people witnessed Jumboo Savari held in Mysore Palace premises, on facebook page of Department of Information and Public Relations on Monday. He told reporters this morning that tens and thousands of people have viewed the procession on…
Stilt walkers steal show
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Among a few cultural troupes that participated in Jumboo Savari in Palace premises yesterday has been ‘stilt walking’ by Siddaraju of Thayur village in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district. Attired in Goddess Chamundeshwari costume, Siddaraju stole the show with 13-foot-long wooden pole tied to each leg, symbolically killing ‘Corona’ which has havocked the whole…
Art teacher turns beautician for Dasara Jumbos
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the all-important Jumboo Savari, marking the culmination of the ten-day Dasara festival, the Dasara elephants were specially decorated for the grand event,with an art teacher from Hunsur drawing attractive pictures on their trunks and other parts of the body as a ‘Make-up.’ Nagalingappa Chandrappa Badiger, a resident of Hunsur and an art…
Dasara elephants to go back to their respective camps tomorrow
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Howdah elephant Abhimanyu and his team members, Gopi, Vikram, Kaveri and Vijaya, who participated in the Jumboo Savari at Mysore Palace yesterday and successfully fulfilled the responsibility given to them, were seen in a relaxed mood at the Palace this morning. This morning, Abhimanyu and Gopi were taken to Mysuru Zoo to help the…
‘Nada Habba’ held sans Mysureans
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Contrary to its tag as ‘People’s Dasara’, this year’s ‘Nada Habba’ will go in history as one that was not opened for aam aadmi. Dasara without people cannot be imagined. But this time the festivities were held by keeping people away due to COVID-19. Tourists, who were greeted with folded hands every year, were…
MyBuild virtual exhibition from Dec. 9 to 14
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: For the first time in the history of MyBuild as well as Mysuru, Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, is organising MyBuild-20 Virtual Exhibition from Dec. 9 to Dec. 14. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city on Friday, MyBuild-2020 Chairman P. Puttaswamy said that BAI is all set to host…
Rangayana to host theatre training for women
October 27, 2020Three-month camp to be named after ‘Padma Shri’ Nagarathnamma Mysore/Mysuru: In order to encourage amateur women theatre artistes, Rangayana Mysuru has organised a three-month theatre training camp from Nov. 10 titled ‘Padma Shri Nagarathnamma Women’s Theatre Training Camp.’ Women artistes in the age group of 20-40 years may apply. Preference will be given to acting….
Online workshop for Urdu Professors
October 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day online Training-cum-Workshop on Testing and Evaluation for Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research Scholars of Urdu, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, recently. In his inaugural address, Prof. P.R. Dharmesh Fernandez, Professor-cum-Deputy Director and Head, Centre for Testing and Evaluation briefed about the activities…















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