Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Agriculture Minister Cheluvarayaswamy have assured that the Cauvery Aarti event will not harm the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Dam in Mandya. The clarification came after a meeting at Vidhana Soudha yesterday with farmers and representatives from Mandya district. The Ministers emphasised that the decision followed consultations with irrigation…
Drop Cauvery Aarti, Amusement Park plans at KRS Dam: Farmers
June 21, 2025Government has taken a unilateral, irrational decision without public consultation, alleges Raitha Sangha Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) State President Badagalapura Nagendra has urged the State Government to immediately drop its proposed plans for conducting Cauvery Aarti and establishing an Amusement Park at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir. Addressing a press conference at…
Chorus grows against Cauvery Aarti, Amusement Park at KRS
June 14, 2025Srirangapatna: Strongly opposing the State Government’s move to conduct a ‘Cauvery Aarti’ on the lines of the ‘Ganga Aarti’ at Varanasi and to establish an Amusement Park at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir, several organisations staged a massive demonstration near the KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk recently. Addressing the protesters, farmer leader Sunanda Jayaram…
‘Cauvery Aarti’ at KRS Dam put on hold
June 10, 2025Following farmers backlash, CNNL instructed to withhold the project till further orders Mysuru: Even as Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) was making full preparations to implement State Government’s ambitious plan of hosting the ‘Cauvery (Kaveri) Aarti’ at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Brindavan Gardens in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district, Government has now orally directed…
Cauvery Aarti: D.K. Shivakumar commissions devotional song
May 26, 2025Bengaluru: To elevate the cultural splendour of the Cauvery Aarti — modelled on the iconic Ganga Aarti — the Karnataka Government has invited noted music directors Hamsalekha, Sadhu Kokila and Arjun Janya to compose a special devotional song dedicated to River Cauvery. Water Resources Minister and Cauvery Aarti Committee Chairman, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar,…
Cauvery Aarti ritual begins in Srirangapatna
October 5, 2024Srirangapatna: In a significant event for the Srirangapatna Dasara festival, the Mandya District Administration, inspired by the Ganga Aarti of North India, officially launched the Cauvery Aarti at the bathing ghat on Thursday evening. Under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumara, a team of priests led by Vedic scholar Dr. Bhanuprakash Sharma performed rituals…
‘Cauvery Aarti’ likely to be new Srirangapatna Dasara attraction
September 21, 2024Mandya District Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy-led Committee on study tour at Haridwar, Varanasi in UP Haridwar: If all goes according to the plan, ‘Cauvery Aarti’ will be performed to the river by the same name at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir, Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district of Karnataka, from the forthcoming Srirangapatna Dasara festival scheduled to…












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