Mysuru: Today is World Tourism Day and the theme is ‘Sustainable Tourism — a Tool for Development.’ But, what a day it has turned out to be for the Heritage City. Even as all preparations for holding ‘Open Street Festival,’ organised by the District Administration and the Tourism Department on D. Devaraja Urs Road to…
Mysuru: As part of the 407th edition of Dasara, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the titular head of Mysore Royal Family today performed special pujas to Saraswathi, the Goddess of Knowledge inside the Mysore Palace between 9.15 am and 9.45 am. Yaduveer offered puja to books, Veena, musical scriptures, copies of epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc….
By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Bamboo Biriyani at the Dasara Food Mela has been the most popular dish. But, another tribal cuisine has been quietly gaining popularity that has forced the food connoisseurs to throng both Bharat Scouts and Guides and MUDA grounds next to Lalitha Mahal Palace, the venues of food mela, to taste the…
Mysuru: Cyclothon, a bicycle race organised jointly by the Dasara Sports Sub-Committee and the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports as part of Dasara celebrations, was flagged off in city this morning. As rain wrecked havoc in city since last evening till early morning today, a technical team inspected the race route resulting in delayed…
Mysuru: On the occasion of Dasara, Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysuru, has organised a special clinic at the hospital in city from Sept. 25 to Oct. 7. The clinic will offer 15% discount on Comprehensive Health Checks and Laboratory and Radiology Investigations (if advised) for all age groups, said Col. Rahul Tewari, General Manager – Columbia…
Bollywood Youth Group’s Divya Kumar (left) and Shifali performed at Yuva Dasara at Maharaja’s College Grounds here yesterday. Despite heavy rains in city, the singers made the audience dance to the tunes rendering some peppy numbers. They also rendered popular Marathi, Punjabi songs apart from Hindi songs. Prior to their concert, students performed contemporary dance,…
Dasara Traditional Wrestling Championship ended with Karthik Kate of Davanagere being crowned as ‘Dasara Kanteerava’. The intense bout between Karthik Kate and Shivaprasad of Belagavi went on for about 30 mins during which both wrestlers were involved in just pushing each other. Later, the organisers organised point wrestling to decide on the winner in which…
Mysuru’s V.P. Darshan and H.R. Manasa won the Open men and women titles respectively on the concluding day of the two-day State Level Dasara Open Chess Championships, conducted by Mysore District Chess Association (MDCA) in association with DYES & Dasara Sports Committee at the Chamindi Vihar Indoor Stadium, here yesterday. V.P.S. Darshan and Balkishan of…
Mysuru: Come rain or shine, it is the pomp, pageant, tradition, culture, heritage and now social inclusiveness that has marked over 400 years of Dasara celebrations in Mysuru. However, this year the State and the District Administration has walked the extra mile to give the whole event an intellectual touch. Hence, for the first time…
Mysuru: The first rehearsal of the Jumboo Savari inauguration, where the Chief Minister will shower flower petals on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari placed inside the Golden Howdah carried by elephant Arjuna, was held at the Mysore Palace this morning. The rehearsal was performed by a team of forest officials and all the 15 elephants…
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