The Chamundeshwari Seva Samithi, 100 ft Road, Mysuru, which was distributing laddus to devotees at Chamundi Hill Temple on Ashada Fridays for the past 14 years, will be distributing obbattus (sweet flatbread) made of dates along with laddus this year. A total of 20,000 dates obbattus and 5,000 laddus will be distributed to the devotees…
Chamundi Hill Rajagopuram to be illuminated
June 25, 2017Mysuru: Mysureans who have admired the illumination of majestic Mysore Palace during important days and the annual Dasara, will now have a chance to see the illuminated Chamundi Temple. The District Administration has decided to illuminate the Rajagopuram of the iconic Chamundi Temple atop the Chamundi Hill on all public holidays and important religious days. In…
Gates to be installed at all four entry points to Chamundi Hill
June 20, 2017Mysuru: The KR Police have decided to clamp down on alleged illegal activities going on in the Chamundi Hill, especially during night times. Even the Deputy Commissioner had approved the proposal to install the gates and CC TV cameras. As a step in this direction, the Police have started the work of installing the gates…
Mass Marriage
June 18, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration’s simple mass marriage programme ‘Shubharambha’ will take place atop Chamundi Hill in the first week of August. Those interested can register in their respective Tahsildar office, according to a press release.
World Environment Day: 3,000 seed balls planted at Chamundi Hill
June 6, 2017Mysuru: On the World Environment Day yesterday, the iconic Chamundi Hill witnessed a ‘Seed Ball Bombing’ where more than 3,000 Seed Balls were planted. They were planted in and around the Chamundi Devi Vana at the foothills. The event was organised by the Mysuru District Administration, Forest Department and a group of NGOs led by…
Shubharambha, mass marriage at Chamundi Hill in August
June 5, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep held a preliminary meeting on Shubharambha, a mass marriage programme to be organised in August, at his office here this morning. Later, briefing press persons, DC Randeep said the District Administration has planned to organise the second edition of Shubharambha, a mass marriage programme to promote simple marriage concept, atop…
MP launches planting of saplings around Ch’Hill
June 5, 2017Mysuru: Environment conservation is everyone’s responsibility and achieving Green Mysuru should be our goal, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He was speaking after inaugurating a massive sapling planting programme organised by Forest Department in association with various organisations to mark World Environment Day celebrations at Daivi Vana located on the foot of Chamundi Hill, here…
Two injured as car veers off road atop Chamundi Hill
May 22, 2017Mysuru: Two persons who were travelling in a car were injured, when the car veered off the road and fell into a ditch atop Chamundi Hill here early yesterday morning. Meanwhile, K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar, who had come for a walk to the Hill, along with some of his followers, saw the fallen car and…
Ch. Hill entry ban unfair …but we brought it upon ourselves
May 20, 2017Ah! How can anyone not love that drive up Chamundi Hill late at night. And the view from atop, which is a sight to behold as our city shines beneath us reminding us how lucky we are… Well, from now on we will not have this reminder as the district administration has banned all entry…
Public entry to Chamundi Hill beyond 10 pm restricted
May 17, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration has enforced a ban on entry to Chamundi Hill from 10 pm. With the implementation of the rule, jolly night rides on two-wheelers and four-wheelers up to the hill have now become a thing of the past. Following a directive from the District Administration, the K.R. Police have set up a…
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