Veterinarian Dr. Ramesh runs the show with jumbos for the first time By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: After the elephant handlers during Dasara, the next important role is played by the elephant doctor, designated by the Forest Department to take care of the jumbos during their more-than-a-month stay inside the Mysore Palace. Anything amiss in…
Rs. 4.22 crore for Mysuru Dasara, Rs. 50 lakh each for Mandya and Chamarajanagar, Rs. 20 lakh for Arkalgud Dasara Mysore/Mysuru: Despite the Dasara festivities being scaled down and the procession limited to Mysore Palace in view of COVID-19, the Government has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 5.42 crore for the celebrations in Mysuru, Srirangapatna,…
Mysore/Mysuru: With Dasara-2021 festivities formally over, the precious gems studded Golden Throne (Simhasana) at Mysore Palace was dismantled this morning after 30-days of its assembly and is kept in the Palace strong room. Ahead of Dasara, the Golden throne, weighing 280-kg was assembled on Oct.1. Along with the Golden throne, the Silver Bhadrasana too was …
Earns a revenue of Rs.13,16,222, the highest in 41-year history of Museum Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Rail Museum has earned the distinction of being one of the most-visited tourist places in Mysuru during Dasara festivities-2021 with a cumulative footfall of 28,733 in the period from Oct.7 to 24, generating a revenue of Rs.13,16,222, the highest so…
Mysore/Mysuru: Illuminated streets of Mysuru, photos and videos on social media about the roof-top trips amidst the evening pleasant weather and, of course, the VVIP trip taken atop the bus by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and a few of his Cabinet colleagues recently have popularised and given enough publicity to Ambaari, the double-decker hop-on and…
All those who seldom took their cars out of garages owing to COVID lockdown, restrictions and all those who preferred a two-wheeler to run quick errands to the shops and return in a jiffy are now taking their four-wheelers out on the streets of the city to see Dasara illumination. The city has been lit…
Mysore/Mysuru: Showing signs of early revival of the COVID-battered tourism sector, thousands of visitors are thronging landmarks of Mysuru and are booking hotels and resorts to see the illumination that has been extended till Oct. 24. Normally, hotels see guests checking out after the Dasara procession. But this year, post-Dasara days too are seeing increased…
Mysore/Mysuru: Emotional moments were witnessed at Mysore Palace premises this morning when all the eight Dasara elephants returned to their respective forest camps after the end of the ten-day Dasara festivities. Many onlookers became emotional when these elephants were loaded onto the trucks. Earlier in the morning, priest S.V. Prahalad Rao led the puja rituals…
New tradition of bringing idol of Goddess from Chamundi Hill to Palace to continue Mysore/Mysuru: Over 5.3 lakh people have watched this year’s Dasara from Oct. 7 to 15 through various social platforms, said District Minister S.T. Somashekar, thanking Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the Chairman of High-Level Dasara Committee, for his continued…
Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘Jumboo Savari’ crowd rush near the Palace on Friday had its effects as the sword of the statue of Chamaraja Wadiyar at Chamaraja Wadiyar Circle in front of the Palace broke and the boundary wall of the statue, the Circle bulbs and flower pots got damaged due to the havoc caused by the…
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