Mysore/Mysuru: With the countdown for the Dasara celebrations having begun, the Kannada and Culture Department has so far received 611 applications from artistes across the country for taking part in this year’s Dasara cultural and music programmes. As part of Dasara celebrations, cultural and music programmes are scheduled to take place from Sept.26 to Oct.4…
Applications invited from cultural troupes across Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: While the last two Dasara celebrations and the Jumboo Savari were held within the Mysore Palace premises, this year, the celebrations will spill onto the roads like in the pre-pandemic years in a virus-free environment, thanks to widespread vaccination and the COVID-19 variants losing potency. Accompanied by…
Department of Archaeology to give another push for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Tag Mysore/Mysuru: Renewing its efforts to secure UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) Intangible Cultural Heritage Tag for the historic Dasara celebrations, the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Government of Karnataka, will again take the initiative forward and study the…
MLA Nagendra felicitates senior wrestlers Mysore/Mysuru: Coinciding with the ongoing Dasara celebrations, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra inaugurated three new Wrestling Associations — Bharatiya Shaili Kusti Sangha (Indian Style Wrestling Association), Yuva Kusti Patugala Sangha (Association of Young Wrestlers) and Akhila Bharatiya Kusti Maha Sangha (All India Wrestling Association), at Sahukar Channaiah Wrestling Arena in Dasara…
Mysuru: This is the first time in over 400- year history of Wadiyar dynasty that Vijayadashami was celebrated three days after the ten-day Dasara celebrations ended. The unexpected circumstances arose following the death of two royal family members on Vijayadashami Day (Oct.19). Even as the news of the passing away of Puttarathnammanni (98), mother of…
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