Only 200 persons to be allowed to witness Dasara opening Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration is planning to allow only 200 persons for the formal inauguration of Dasara-2020 atop Chamundi Hill on October 17. A team of officials led by Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and…
Chamundi Hill temple closed for devotees today and tomorrow
September 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with devotees likely to throng the Hill temple in large numbers on account of Mahalaya Amavasya today (Sept.17), Deputy Commissioner B. Sharat has ordered closure of the famed Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill for devotees today and tomorrow (Sept.17 and 18). The…
Chamundi Hill Temple to be closed for devotees on Sept. 17
September 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Due to Mahalaya Amavasya on Sept. 17, the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamudi Hill will remain closed for devotees on that date. Similarly, the famous Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud town will also be shut for devotees on Sept. 17. M.M. Hills Temple closed for three days from Sept. 16 With devotees likely to throng M.M….
Miscreants threaten youth atop Chamundi Hill, flee with bike
September 9, 2020Attempt to snatch gold chain at K.R. Mohalla foiled Mysore/Mysuru: In separate incidents, miscreants have made away with a bike of a youth after threatening him atop Chamundi Hill last evening, while an attempt was made to snatch a gold chain from a woman at K.R. Mohalla in the night and the scooter-borne miscreants escaped…
Mysore Memories: The House Next Door
September 9, 2020By Girija Madhavan Houses have personalities. Repositories of the memories, life experiences, even dreams of those who lived in them, they acquire an aura of their own. The building next to my family home in Yadavagiri, Mysuru, was one such. From a wrought iron gate at road level, steep steps led up to a L-shaped…
Temple entry timings relaxed
September 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has relaxed timings enabling devotees to visit Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill and Sri Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple in Nanjangud with effect from today. However, the ban on entry of devotees to these two temples would continue on Government holidays and Sundays, said DC B. Sharat, in a press release….
City temples to restart Sevas from tomorrow
September 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government giving conditional nod for restoration of daily sevas at all Muzrai temples across the State, all Muzrai temples of the city, including Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill are all set to restart sevas from tomorrow (Sept.3), after over five-month break. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in March, the State Government had…
Kannada Classical Studies Centre to come up at Chamundi Foothill
August 8, 2020Bengaluru/Mysuru: Ending the confusion over allotment of land for the establishment of Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) by CIIL (Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru), the State Government on Friday decided to allot 10 acres of land belonging to University of Mysore (UoM) at the foot of Chamundi Hill. This decision…
Lockdown, entry ban on devotees during Ashada Fridays, Vardhanti: Rs. 8 crore loss for Chamundi Temple in three months
July 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc on the revenues of the famous Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill in city with the Temple facing a loss of Rs. 8,36,15,574 in three months — April, May and June when compared to the revenues generated last year. The Ashada Friday collection of July this year…
Last Ashada Friday rituals held amid absence of devotees
July 17, 2020MP Shobha Karandlaje climbs steps to seek blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the ban on entry of devotees as a crowd-control measure in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Fourth and last Ashada Friday was celebrated in a simple and symbolic manner at Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill this morning. The rituals…
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