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Brindavan Garden designer’s great-granddaughter fulfils wishes of her mother’s love for India
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Brindavan Garden designer’s great-granddaughter fulfils wishes of her mother’s love for India

August 6, 2019

Traces Horticulturist Krumbiegel’s footsteps at KRS, Mysuru Zoo  By N. Niranjan Nikam Mysuru: The six-day pilgrimage that Alyia Phelps Gardiner Krumbiegel, great-granddaughter of Horticulturist and designer of Brindavan Gardens and Lalbagh Gustav Herman Krumbiegel, undertook to Mysuru, ended on a sombre note, with the immersion of her mother’s ashes at Sangama in Srirangapatna on Aug.3….

Immersing ashes at Cauvery
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Immersing ashes at Cauvery

August 6, 2019

Mysuru: The purpose of this whole visit was to fulfil the wishes of her mother Jean Maureen whose heart was always in India and the only way she could do was to immerse the natural elements in the sacred water of River Cauvery. Alyia had brought her mother’s cremated remains in a sealed container which…

MCC’s move on two historic buildings: Furore on Facebook
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MCC’s move on two historic buildings: Furore on Facebook

February 18, 2019

By Gouri Satya,  Sr.Journalist The decision of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to knock-down the two historic buildings — the Lansdowne Building and the Devaraja Market — has resulted in immense consternation on the social media platform with many netizens expressing their condemnation of the decision taken by the MCC without consulting the stakeholders or expert…

Creator of Brindavan Gardens, a German Horticulturist G.H. Krumbiegel’s great granddaughter opposes Disneyland plan
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Creator of Brindavan Gardens, a German Horticulturist G.H. Krumbiegel’s great granddaughter opposes Disneyland plan

July 29, 2018

Mysuru: Alyia Phelps Gardiner Krumbiegel, great granddaughter of German Horticultural legend Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel who had designed the iconic Brindavan Gardens at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, has taken serious exception to the State Government’s plan to develop the Brindavan Gardens on the lines of Disneyland in the US. Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel is credited…

An open letter to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy
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An open letter to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy

July 29, 2018

Dear Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, I read today with dismay that the iconic Brindavan Gardens is to be redeveloped on the lines of Disneyland USA. The dream project of the Mysore’s teenaged King, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was to construct a dam across the Cauvery for human benefit and he appointed Sir M. Visvesvaraya as the…

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