Mysuru: Mysuru’s night view is all set to get brighter with a first-of-its kind ‘Glow Garden’ or ‘Lantern Park’ that has come up at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds in the heart of the city. Artists have spent endless hours creating the crafts and installations that glow at night, transforming the place into a grand light…
Power saving techniques highlighted at Energy Department Pavilion
October 28, 2018Mysuru: The pavilion of the Department of Energy at Dasara Exhibition Grounds, under the theme ‘Save Energy, Earth and Green’ provides a plethora of information on the projects implemented by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) in its jurisdiction covering Hassan, Kodagu, Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts. The projects include uninterrupted power supply, regularisation of illegal…
Cauvery Gallery, a new attraction at Dasara Exhibition Grounds
September 29, 2018Mysuru: It is official. The Cauvery Gallery is coming to Mysuru and is being set up at Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Grounds in Doddakere Maidan. If all the proposed works and beautification is complete, the visually appealing Gallery will be open for visitors this Dasara. The Gallery will showcase the life, culture and biodiversity along…
Preparations at Dasara Exhibition Grounds begin
September 5, 2018Mysuru: There was a time when Dasara Exhibition would be actually ready when the Dasara celebrations began. Over the years, this practice stopped and now it is always a few days after the Dasara commences that the exhibition opens, in spite of the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) in place. Every year when the visitors come…
Round-the-year Exhibition, Tourist Plaza planned
July 20, 2018Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh said that there was a proposal to hold 365-day exhibition at Dasara Exhibition Grounds in city. Attending a meeting of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) in his capacity as pro-tem Chairman of KEA, the Minister said that there was a proposal to hold exhibitions, events, conventions and amusement activities there on…
Two-day workshop on epigraphy begins
March 20, 2018Mysuru: A two-day workshop on Epigraphy organised by the Department of Archaeology, Heritage and Museums commenced this morning at its premises at Dasara Exhibition Grounds here. About 100 researchers in the field who are participating in the workshop will be groomed on various forms of inscriptions and technical modalities of their systematic study. Inaugurating the…
Exhibition Authority CEO asks departments to vacate their stalls
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) has asked officials of State and Central Departments, Zilla Panchayats, Boards and Corporations to vacate their stalls set up during Dasara at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds here. In a press release, the CEO has stated that the Dasara Exhibition Grounds has been reserved for various…
Children’s Day Out
November 14, 2017Mysuru: There was a bevy of activity this morning in the city as children celebrated Children’s Day, remembering Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the country, on his 128th birth anniversary. The Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens popularly called Mysuru Zoo and the Dasara Exhibition Grounds saw a sea of children as authorities at both…
Rs. 9 crore project to stop flooding at Dasara Expo Grounds
November 11, 2017Mysuru: A Rs.9 crore project to stop flooding permanently at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds is ready. A huge storm water drain runs through the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) premises on Doddakere Maidan. Whenever it rains heavily, the rainwater overflows into the low-lying area in the exhibition premises causing untold misery to the exhibitors. Though this…
Exhibition Calling: Shop till you drop at Dasara Expo
October 21, 2017One of the most visited tourist attractions in Mysuru is the Dasara Exhibition at Doddakere Maidan. The annual expo begins on Day-1 of Dasara and goes on till three months. The place has been attracting people from different walks of life who come along with their friends and family to spend some quality time and…
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