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Cheer amid COVID gloom
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Cheer amid COVID gloom

December 25, 2020

Christmas celebrations and Vaikunta Ekadashi spread joy as people pray for a disease-free 2021 Mysore/Mysuru: Christmas was not cancelled but it was significantly curtailed in city this year due to COVID contagion and the State Government’s flip-flop on night curfew, timings, restrictions and scale of celebrations.  Likewise, Vaikunta Ekadashi too was celebrated in a low-key…

City Churches decked up for Xmas
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City Churches decked up for Xmas

December 24, 2020

Special prayers from 11 pm tonight till tomorrow, December 25 morning, at St. Philomena’s Church Limited entry of devotees at Churches Mysuru:  Mysuru city is preparing for Christmas as the Government desperately tries to thread the needle between preserving public health and allowing families to gather for traditional celebrations at the end of 2020. However,…

Put Xmas, New Year Party plans on hold: DCP
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Put Xmas, New Year Party plans on hold: DCP

December 24, 2020

Mysuru: Mysuru city will miss the usual Christmas and New Year Eve celebrations in clubs, pubs and restaurants among other places with the State Government banning special DJ dance and parties till Jan. 2, 2021.  However, there will be no restrictions on Xmas prayers tonight. All parties at clubs, pubs and restaurants must end at…

No takers for Bamboo Cribs & Stars ahead of Christmas
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No takers for Bamboo Cribs & Stars ahead of Christmas

December 22, 2020

By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Biting cold and crib indicate the arrival of Christmas. Celebrating Christmas without the crib is unimaginable. People buy cribs, decorate it and offer prayer on Dec. 24 midnight to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  The bamboo weavers of Mysuru begin preparing the bamboo cribs from the first or second…

Lifting pandemic gloom with Festive Cheer of Cake-Mixing
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Lifting pandemic gloom with Festive Cheer of Cake-Mixing

December 15, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Masks and sanitisers may be here to stay for some time, but those needn’t stop us from celebrations and cheering up. In the run up to Christmas festivities, Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Mysuru, kickstarted the excitement with a cake-mixing ceremony recently. Owing to safety concerns and stringent protocols put in place, the ceremony had…

Forum Christmas Shopping Festival from Dec.15 to 31
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Forum Christmas Shopping Festival from Dec.15 to 31

December 12, 2020

Customers to receive gift vouchers worth Rs. 500 Win exciting weekly and bumper prizes Mysore/Mysuru: Christmas season is all about cherished moments with loved ones and this year Forum Mall Mysuru is set to be the ultimate festive celebratory destination with a host of magnificent lighting, activities and experiences being offered from Dec.15 to 31….

Christmas celebrated with fervour in city
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Christmas celebrated with fervour in city

December 25, 2019

Mysuru: Thousands of Christians flocked the churches in city to attend the midnight Mass yesterday heralding Christmas celebrations. The centre of attraction was the St. Philomena’s Church in Lashkar Mohalla where a large number of people arrived to witness the celebrations. Church members and the choir sang Christmas carols and hymns as part of Christmas…

Christmas at Datta Peetham
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Christmas at Datta Peetham

December 25, 2019

Christmas was celebrated at Avadhoota Datta Peetham in city with carol singing and distribution of sweets and presents by a devotee dressed as Santa.  Devotees from Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark, USA, Russia and Trinidad participated in the carol singing in the presence of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji.

Churches deck up for Xmas
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Churches deck up for Xmas

December 24, 2019

The Christian community is all geared up to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ while the city Churches are preparing for the biggest festival of the community — Christmas — by conducting special programmes tonight and tomorrow. City’s major Churches are decked up and illuminated for Christmas. Specials prayers and songs and sermons have been…

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