Mysore/Mysuru: The Save Chamundi Hill signature campaign has got over 7,000 signatures in two days and a majority of the signatories are college students and youths who are aware of the mindless destruction. “But looking at the response of people, we felt that more awareness is needed to save the Hill. We have a long…
Hill cleaning drive marks Intl. Volunteers Day
December 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As part of International Volunteers’ Day, a cleaning campaign was conducted at Chamundi Hill last Sunday in which college students and volunteers of various organisations took part. The cleaning campaign was jointly organised by Youth for Seva and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in which students of ATME College, NIE and Yuvaraja’s College…
Protecting Chamundi Hill: Out-of-Box Ideas
December 4, 2021Three days ago, on December 1st, the Technical Committee of the Institution of Engineers (India) met the Mysuru DC and submitted a fantastic recommendation. The Committee recommended that the 1.4-kilometre stretch of road between the Nandi Statue and Chamundi Hill View Point, prone to landslides, be converted into a trekking path. Now, while at it,…
Massive landslides atop Chamundi Hill: Convert Nandi Statue road into trekking path
December 1, 2021Technical Committee of Institution of Engineers comes up with feasible recommendations Mysore/Mysuru: The Technical Committee of the Institution of Engineers (India), Mysuru Local Centre, constituted to assess the damages to the Chamundi Hill road linking the View Point and the Nandi Statue has recommended to the District Administration to abandon the road for vehicular traffic…
‘B Kharab’ land row at foot of Chamundi Hill: SC dismisses State’s review petition
November 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a review petition by the Karnataka Government against a High Court’s judgement proclaimed on Dec. 15, 2020 which declared the ownership of 1561.31 acres of prime land at Kurubarahalli of Mysuru Taluk Kasaba Hobli, Alanahalli and Chowdalli in favour of the erstwhile Mysore royal family. The State Government…
Save Chamundi Hill: Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa writes to PM
November 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as concerned citizens of our city and the NGO, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) are engaged in a campaign to save the natural beauty of the Chamundi Hill from various construction activities, including the Central Government’s proposed PRASHAD Scheme, as a last resort, the renowned writer and novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa has written a…
Chamundi Hill Development: Why are our leaders bent on a lop-sided development?
November 22, 2021By Bhamy V. Shenoy Way back in the early 90s, when IFS Officer Dr. Kodira A. Kushalappa was Conservator of Forests in Mysuru some efforts were made to green Chamundi Hill using a Norwegian grant. One should wonder why our leaders did not think of greening ourselves and had to depend on foreign aid. On…
Mahabhisheka for Nandi Statue atop Chamundi Hill
November 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The colossal monolith Nandi Statue, located mid-way on the Mysuru city-Chamundi Hill Road, was this morning bathed in more than 38 sacred herbs and flowers, including milk, honey, sugarcane juice, curds, ghee, payasam, sacred ash, dry fruits, tender coconut water, sandalwood, kumkum, turmeric, rice flour, banana and other fruits as devotees performed ‘Mahabhisheka.’ The…
Rs. 10 crore needed to restore damaged Chamundi Hill
November 21, 2021District Minister asks officials to prepare a fresh estimate once the rain stops Mysore/Mysuru: Conservative estimates made by the Public Works Department (PWD) to restore the Chamundi Hill where massive landslides have occurred say that the State Government has to release a grant of Rs. 10 crore. Confirming this to Star of Mysore, PWD Executive…
PRASHAD or Pain for Chamundi Hill ?
November 20, 2021There was another landslide on Chamundi Hill yesterday. If this weather pattern of incessant rain continues for a few more seasons and as more and more water is held in the soil, there will be many more landslides on the Hill in the coming years. In the meantime, we devotees can’t help but worry a…














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