Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government deciding to conduct Dasara in a simple manner this year on account of the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru City and District Cultural and Professional Artistes’ Association has appealed the Government to hold Dasara cultural events this year too and come to the aid of artistes. Addressing a…
Navarathri at Palace: Golden Throne to be assembled on Sept. 18
September 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the beginning of Navarathri celebrations (Dasara-2020), the work of assembling the Golden Throne will be held at an auspicious timing in Amba Vilas Palace here on Friday (Sept. 18). In view of this, there will be no entry of tourists to the Mysore Palace till 2 pm on that day. Dasara will begin…
Dasara 2020: Upkeep of CCTVs on procession route taken up
September 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has taken up the upkeep of CCTV cameras installed on Jamboo Savari procession route, from Mysore Palace and Torchlight Parade Ground in the city ahead of Dasara festival. The BEL has installed 59 high-definition CCTV cameras on thoroughfares and important junctions. The company would take up the maintenance regularly….
Dasara High Power Committee meeting in Mysuru next week
September 2, 2020Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to chair the meeting; To discuss celebrations with local elected representatives, officers Meeting to decide on holding spectacular Torchlight Parade Mysore/Mysuru: The Dasara High Power Committee meeting will be held in Mysuru next week instead of the usual Bengaluru location. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will chair the meeting and a communiqué…
Dasara-2020: No Jumboo Savari ?
August 26, 2020Vijayadashami procession within Palace premises Public not allowed; no cultural events Final decision at Chief Minister’s High-Power Committee meeting in Bengaluru Mysore/Mysuru: Perhaps for the first time in the history of Nada Habba Dasara in Mysuru, there may not be Jumboo Savari procession from Mysore Palace to Bannimantap Torchlight Parade Grounds on Vijayadashami Day and…
Dasara 2020 to be a low-key affair
August 21, 2020Bengaluru: It is official. Dasara 2020 will be a low-key affair due to COVID-19 pandemic but the celebrations will stick to the age-old traditions. This was announced by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in Bengaluru this morning before leaving to Mandya in a chopper to offer Bagina to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam that is full…
Dasara 2020 publicity blitzkrieg from April
February 22, 2020Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi hopes to attract more international tourists enabling them to plan their itinerary in advance Bengaluru/Mysuru: In order to provide a boost to sagging tourism in Mysuru, the State Tourism Department will launch Dasara publicity blitzkrieg in April this year, six months ahead of Dasara, to attract local, national and international tourists. …
Ring of Darkness: Outer Ring Road lights turned off again
November 16, 2019Mysuru: Just a month after Dasara, streetlights along the six-lane Outer Ring Road (ORR) has been switched off. The 42-km-long carriageway has plunged into darkness again, endangering the safety of people using the motorway and residents of layouts beyond the road. Lights were switched on for Dasara following the intervention of Mysuru District Minister V….
Dasara over but advertisements continue in LED boards at signals
November 11, 2019Mysuru: Hoardings on city roads and advertisement boards at traffic signal poles do more than advertising. They also publicise how slow the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been in removing those despite the advertisement’s purpose becoming out of date. Dasara is over more than a month ago but Government advertisements on many Dasara programmes surprisingly…
When students fed hungry Policemen on Dasara Duty
October 22, 2019Mysuru: This Dasara, an unprecedented 10,000 Policemen were on security duty and most of them were drawn from outside Mysuru district who were unfamiliar about the presence of hotels and eateries to satiate their hunger. Though the Police Department had provided food and accommodation to the Policemen at various Kalyana Mantaps, Police accommodation centres and…
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