Mysore/Mysuru: This year’s Dasara procession held yesterday saw as many as 49 tableaux taking part with 31 of them representing their respective districts and the rest 18 representing different Government Departments. The tableau of Bagalkot district featured a replica of Badami Chalukya rulers and the popular Sri Banashankaridevi temple, while the tableau of Ballari district…
Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa airs suggestions at meeting of Nodal Officers from districts Mysore/Mysuru: Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa emphasised the need for meaningful tableaux in the Dasara procession, conveying messages of harmony, unity, and societal awareness concerning citizens’ constitutional rights and responsibilities. “Tableaux should serve as vehicles of profound messages, promoting brotherhood, harmony and friendship,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Folk artistes who take part in Dasara procession have demanded a hike in remuneration from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 5,000. Addressing a press meet here recently, Mysuru-Chamarajanagar-Mandya District Folk Artistes Association President L. Mahadevappa said that Rs. 1,500 being given currently for Dasara folk artistes is too less and as such, the authorities must…
He had carried the Golden Howdah 13 times in Dasara procession Mysuru/Hunsur: Balarama (67), the former Captain of the Dasara jumbo squad, who had successfully carried the 750 kg Golden Howdah during Dasara procession for 13 times passed away due to suspected Tuberculosis (TB) at Bheemanakatte Elephant Camp in Hunsur taluk yesterday. Balarama was ailing…
Mysore/Mysuru: Kodagu district tableau won the first prize while the tableau of Mysuru district bagged the second prize among the tableaux that took part in Dasara procession held on Wednesday. A total of 48 tableaux, including one from each of the 31 districts of the State, four of Dasara Sub-Committees and 13 of various Government…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as huge crowds throng the roads all along the Dasara procession route, a flurry of ‘Helicopters’ flying over them dismayed and at the same time excited the crowd. These ‘Helicopters’ were in fact drones that resembled replicas of a variety of Helicopters that are going to be manufactured at HAL’s Helicopter Plant coming…
Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 43 tableaux including the Mudhol Hound of PM’s security force and Channakeshava Temple at Somanathapura will be featured in this year’s Dasara procession, popularly known as Jumboo Savari, said Dasara Tableaux Sub-Committee President Chandrashekar. Addressing a press meet at D. Devaraj Urs Hall in Zilla Panchayat premises here on Wednesday, Chandrashekar…
By Ashish Kumar Das, President, Bangiya Samiti, Mysuru I was then the principal organiser-cum-President of Bangiya Sanskritik Parishad, Mysore. This was the banner under which we commenced celebrating Durga Puja for the first time in Mysuru, a city we now call our home, way back in 1979. In fact, we were a small group previously…
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…
Mysore/Mysuru: The flower decoration to Golden Howdah will be complete by tomorrow evening. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, flower decorator N. Manjunath of Gayathri Flower Stall in Devaraja Market said that this was the 23rd year he was decorating the Golden Howdah. Pointing out that Mysuru Mallige, which all these years were sourced…
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