At 5,545 kg, Sugriva outweighs all elephants in both batches Mysore/Mysuru: The second batch of five Dasara elephants (three debutants) arrived in city from their respective elephant camps yesterday and were given a traditional welcome by the Mysore Palace Board and the District Administration at Jayamarthanda Gate of Mysore Palace. The five elephants in the…
‘No objection to Banu Mushtaq inaugurating festivities, but faith in Goddess Chamundeshwari vital’ Mysore/Mysuru: There is no objection to inviting International Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the upcoming Mysuru Dasara festivities. However, MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has underlined that the inauguration should pay respects to Goddess Chamundeshwari and be conducted in a…
To be welcomed at Jayamarthanda Gate Mysore/Mysuru: The second batch of five Dasara elephants, including three debutants, will be welcomed into the Mysore Palace through Jayamarthanda Gate at 4 pm today on their arrival from forest camps. The five elephants, which include three males and two females are: 43-year-old Gopi, 43-year-old Sugreeva and 11-year-old Hemavathi…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s announcement that International Booker Prize-winning author Banu Mushtaq would inaugurate this year’s Mysuru Dasara festival, a video of her 2023 address at the ‘Jana Sahitya Sammelana’ in Bengaluru has resurfaced and gone viral on social media. In the clip, Mushtaq is heard saying, “You’ve smeared turmeric and vermilion on Kannada…
Bengaluru: Ending speculation on who would inaugurate Mysuru Dasara this year, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Hassan-based writer and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq would inaugurate Dasara on Sept. 22. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, Siddaramaiah said it is a matter of pride that a Kannada writer and that too a woman, has…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara Poets Meet Sub-Committee has organised a five-day Poets Meet from Sept. 23 to 27 in city. As part of the Poets Meet, a variety of sessions have been organised — Regional and Main Poets Meet — for which the applications have been invited from the poets. According to Working President of Dasara Poets…
CM Siddaramaiah thanks Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for granting approval; Sarang Team to perform on Sept. 27 Mysore/Mysuru: The forthcoming Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara (from Sept. 22 to Oct. 2) promises to offer an exciting experience, with Indian Air Force (IAF) metal birds set to light up the city skies, after over an year’s gap….
MCC Commr. chairs meeting of stake holders; appeals for maintaining cleanliness in city Mysore/Mysuru: With a month left for this year’s Dasara festival to begin on Sept. 22, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif chaired a meeting of stakeholders including civic groups, NGOs, Associations among others at MCC Zone-3 office at Sharadadevinagar here…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dodda Matti Puja (Amba Puja), is a significant ritual performed at Garadi Manes (traditional wrestling houses), every year ahead of Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara in and around the district. The ritual involves the worship of red soil (matti) which is spread on the wrestling arena, signalling the beginning of preparations for Dasara wrestling tournament,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The tragic stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, 2025, seems to have cast a dark shadow on the famed Dasara procession. In the wake of the tragedy where 11 youths died in the stampede that occurred at the stadium during RCB team’s IPL victory celebrations, the Mysuru District Administration is…
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