A rare photo of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with other political leaders in front of the statue of Mahishasura atop Chamundi Hill.
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Students take up cleaning around temple atop Chamundi Hill
Mysuru: Students and faculty of Sapient College of Commerce and Management, together with members of Let’s do it! Mysore, took up a cleaning programme around the Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill here this morning. About 200 participants set out from the College premises in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage in open jeeps towards the Hill Temple and…
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Last Ashada Shukravara atop Chamundi Hill: Hill temple resembles a fortress with Mounted Police
Mysuru: The iconic Chamundeshwari Temple and its surrounding areas atop the Chamundi Hill resembled a fortress this morning with hundreds of Policemen including the Mounted Police deployed there to manage the crowd on the last Ashada Shukravara. In fact, at some places atop the Hill, there were more uniformed men than the devotees. The Police…
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Ashada Fridays atop Chamundi Hill: Devotees cleanse souls but leave behind soles
Mysuru: What has Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill got to do with sandals? If one says that there is no relation between the temple and footwear, he/ she might be wrong as hundreds of pairs of footwear are discarded at the temple by devotees who come there to pray, making it a gargantuan task for…
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Ashada Fridays atop Chamundi Hill: VVIP culture overshadows devotion
Mysuru: With two days left for the auspicious last Ashada Shukravara (Friday) where thousands of devotees are expected to throng the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill, devotees are shuddering at the thought of standing in long queues to have a darshan of the Goddess. Last three Ashada Fridays were a bitter experience for the devotees,…
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Mysuru Warriors visit Chamundi Hill
Mysuru Warriors players, along with coach Rx Murali arrived in Mysuru yesterday. The team visited Chamundi Hill to seek the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari for the forthcoming KPL-2018. They were accompanied by Arjun Ranga, Owner, Mysuru Warriors. The rigorous 10-day training for the players started in city yesterday.
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Grand Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Utsava, Ashada Shukravara Puja at Chamundi Hill
Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Vardhanti Mahotsava atop Chamundi Hill on third Ashada Friday (Ashada Shukravara) saw an unusually high number of devotees queuing up in front of the temple since the small hours of this morning. The special rituals, marking the Vardhanti mahotsava, began as early at 3.30 am, with priests performing Mahanyasa Poorvaka Rudrabhisheka, Panchamrutha…
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School atop Chamundi Hill ransacked by miscreants
Mysuru: Miscreants broke into the Chamundi Betta Higher Primary School atop Chamundi Hill last night and ransacked rooms leaving all the classrooms in total disarray. Students and teachers, who came to the school this morning, were left dazed. The miscreants entered the classrooms breaking the tiled roof of the school and rummaged through the books…
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Pickpockets target Chamundi devotees; four arrested
Mysuru: Taking advantage of the large crowd that had come for the darshan of Goddess Chamundeshwari on the Second Ashada Shukravara yesterday, four pickpockets were found trying their hands on the devotees. They were arrested by Police. The pickpockets were targeting the devotees who were climbing the steps to reach the hill temple and as…
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Thousands climb Chamundi Hill steps on Second Ashada Friday
Mysuru: Thousands of devotees thronged Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hills on second Ashada Friday (Ashada Shukravara) today, which coincides with lunar eclipse. However, the footfall was far less as compared with first Ashada Friday on July 20. The Ashada Friday rituals commenced as early as 3 am under the guidance of the Chief Priest…
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