Mysuru: Contrary to critics’ expectations that Dasara inaugurator and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq might not follow traditional rituals due to her religion, she participated fully in the ceremonial and deeply religious inauguration atop Chamundi Hill this morning. Walking through the courtyard and standing in the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple sanctum sanctorum, she offered prayers to…
Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MTY&VNS)- Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill will open to the public at 8 am tomorrow for darshan, following cleansing rituals after tonight’s lunar eclipse. The temple will close as usual at 8 tonight. Special pujas will be performed by the Temple priests when the penumbral eclipse begins at 8.58 pm and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid speculations over Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) acceding to the party high command’s diktat over his claim for Chief Minister, Shivakumar and his wife Usha visited Chamundi Hill Temple here on the second Ashada Friday today. Shivakumar, clad in silk dhoti and shirt, paid his obeisance to the Goddess, continuing with the…
Mysore/Mysuru: On Ashada Fridays, devotees visiting Chamundi Hill Temple by climbing 1,001 steps from the foothill can have darshan of the Goddess at the temple between 5 am and 6 pm. According to a press release from Sri Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority, the decision to allow devotees coming to the hill through stairs on Ashada Fridays,…
A Ropeway would reduce vehicle movement to the Hilltop and the Chamundi Hill Temple By Dr. Kodira A. Kushalapa, IFS (Retd.) We, the citizens of Mysuru are fortunate to have a large area of Reserve Forest (RF) within the city limits, with a variety of plants, trees and grasses, absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, providing…
Mysuru: Ahead of their crucial meeting with the BJP high command in New Delhi today (Feb. 3), the faction of BJP rebels led by MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who have openly turned against BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra, performed a special puja at Chamundi Hill Temple yesterday. Former Ministers Ramesh Jarkiholi and Kumar Bangarappa visited…
Vid. R.S. Nandakumar presenting a vocal recital at Chamundi Hill Temple premises last evening as part of the 2025 ‘Sangeetotsava’ programme of the Kotharotsava Vaibhava of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill. He is accompanied by Vid. Madhusudhan on violin, Vid. Shyam on mridanga and Kustub and Nagaraj on vocals. Vid. Ambhaprasad and Vidu. Amrutha…
Vid. R. Raghu giving a vocal concert at Chamundi Hill Temple premises last evening as part of the 2025 ‘Sangeetotsava’ programme of the Kotharotsava Vaibhava of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill. He is accompanied by Vid. Chethan on violin, Vid. Nataraj on mridanga and Vid. Mohan on morching.
We offered prayers for ‘Shatru Samhara’, divine intervention, says Ex-Minister B.C. Patil Mysuru: Amid ongoing internal discord and dissident BJP leader and MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal continuing his criticism of senior party figures, particularly State BJP Chief B.S. Yediyurappa and his son, B.Y. Vijayendra, a large contingent of former BJP Ministers and Legislators, supporting Vijayendra,…
CM Siddaramaiah asks Muzrai Department Principal Secretary to table a proposal Bengaluru: The 2019 proposal to provide a Golden Chariot (Suvarna Ratha) for Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill, Mysuru, has been revived. Originally proposed with a budget of Rs. 7 crore, the amount was increased to Rs. 7.6 crore in 2020. Now, in 2024,…
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