Mysuru: Dasara festivities are fast approaching and like every year this year too the whole city will look like a fairyland right from the illumination of the Mysore Palace to the heritage buildings and the circles by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC). At a meeting held at the CESC Office in Kuvempunagar, here recently, more…
Wearing elephant masks, chains and shackles…: PETA activists call for ban on elephant performances
August 9, 2018Mysuru: Activists of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), India, held a protest in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple (Balarama Gate) in city this morning against the use of elephants in processions, circuses, fun camps and using them to do physical labour like lifting tree logs. The protest saw PETA activists wearing elephant…
Air Show, Armed Forces Parade await this Dasara tourists
August 8, 2018Mysuru: Following the State Government’s decision to celebrate Dasara in a grand and tourist-centric manner this year, the District Administration has decided to treat the tourists with an Air Show and a parade by Indian Armed Forces. A wide variety of programmes are being planned to make the festival a memorable one and at the…
Mysuru Dasara – 2018: Gajapayana on Aug.23
August 7, 2018Mysuru: Arjuna, the leader of the 12 elephants which will be participating in this year’s Dasara festivities, is among the six elephants which will be leaving from Nagapura Tribal Hamlet in Hunsur taluk to Mysuru on Aug.23. District Minister G.T. Devegowda will perform puja to the first batch of elephants on Aug.23 at 11 am…
Jumbo squad getting ready for this year’s Dasara festival
August 5, 2018Mysuru: With Dasara festivities closing in, the Forest Department has decided to introduce two new elephants into the squad of 12 elephants for which the Department has prepared a list of 15 elephants for this year’s grand finale the ‘Jumboo Savari.’ This year’s Dasara festivities will be held from Oct.10 to 19 and the Forest…
Make this Dasara innovative and memorable: DC
July 22, 2018Mysuru: With Dasara 2018 to be celebrated from Oct.10 to 19 and with the Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy envisaging a grand Dasara this time, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has directed the officials to come out with new and innovative ideas to make this Dasara a memorable spectacle. In that context, Abhiram Sankar held a…
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