Bengaluru: ‘Power Star’ Puneeth Rajkumar’s sudden demise yesterday came as a shock to the entire film fraternity and his legion of followers, who couldn’t suffer the blow of the news. Following his death, a 30-year-old man from Maruru village, Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, died of cardiac arrest. The deceased, identified as Muniyappa, was a farmer….
Sevas resume at M.M.Hills temple
October 18, 2021Hanur: With COVID pandemic subsiding, all temple sevas and services of Malai Mahadeshwaraswamy atop M.M.Hills in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district have resumed. Following the outbreak of the COVID pandemic last year, the authorities had stopped all services and sevas at the Hill temple as a precautionary measure. Chamarajanagar DC Dr. M.R. Ravi, in an…
One killed, more than 10 injured as vehicle falls into gorge
May 10, 2021Hanur: One person was killed while more than 10 suffered serious injuries, when the vehicle in which they were proceeding to Indi Basappa Temple near Tulasi Keri on Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills), fell into a gorge yesterday. While the deceased has been identified as Veeranna Gowda (85) of Mahadeshwara Hills, those injured are 50-year-old…
M.M. Hills Ugadi Rathotsava on April 13 cancelled
April 11, 2021Hanur: The Ugadi Rathotsava at the famous M.M. Hills Temple in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district, which was scheduled to take place on Apr. 13, has been cancelled due to the spike in COVID-19 pandemic. Following public demand, the Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner had allowed conduct of Rathotsava on Apr.13, limiting the number of devotees to…
Kichguth Maramma Temple Hundi records Rs.1.7 lakh collection
January 11, 2021Hanur (Chamarajanagar): The Kitchguth Maramma Temple at Sulwadi in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar District, which re-opened on Oct. 20 last after it was shut down in Dec. 2018 following the infamous food poisoning incident in which atleast 17 people lost their lives and over 100 others fell ill, has recorded a Hundi collection (offerings box…
3-month-old baby among three killed in separate accidents
December 26, 2020Chamarajanagar: Three persons including a three-month-old baby were killed in two separate accidents reported in Chamarajanagar district yesterday. Deaths occurred when two speeding cars turned turtle. In the first incident occurred on Chamarajanagar-Mysuru Road, 50-year-old Yasin Wazir of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu and his three-month-old granddaughter Hina Fathima died and three other occupants of…
Sulwadi Temple to re-open for devotees from Oct. 24
October 21, 2020Ahead of the re-opening after months, Sulwadi Temple was cleaned today (Oct. 21) and rituals will be performed for three days starting from this evening. Chamarajanagar: The Kichguth Maramma Temple at Sulwadi in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district, which was shut down for over 22 months after at least 17 devotees died and over 100…
Poachers nabbed for hunting jackal, langur
October 20, 2020Periyapatna/ Hanur: In separate cases, the Forest staff have arrested four poachers on charges of hunting a jackal at Periyapatna of Mysuru and langur at Cauvery Wildlife Forest area in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar. In the first cases, the Forest staff arrested two persons, who had hunted a jackal by placing country-made bomb in the…
Hanur’s Sulwadi Maramma temple to re-open from Oct.20
September 25, 2020Hanur: Nearly two years after Sulwadi Maramma temple (Kichguth Maramma temple) in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district was shut down following the infamous food poisoning case in which at least 17 people lost their lives and over a hundred people took ill, the temple will re-open for devotees from Oct.20. Replying to a question by…
Cowherd killed in bison attack at his farmland
August 31, 2020Hanur: A 62-year-old cowherd, identified as Channabasavappa, was killed when a bison attacked him when he was grazing his cattle at his farmland in Shyagya village in Hanur taluk yesterday. Channabasavappa’s farmland is located on the forest border. He as usual had taken his cattle for grazing on Sunday when a bison attacked him suddenly…
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