Hanur: The annual Rathotsava that takes place every year during Deepavali was held amidst a sea of devotees at the famous Male Mahadeshwara Hills (M.M. Hills) shrine in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district yesterday. The grand Rathotsava took place in the auspicious time between 7.15 am and 9 am with all the associated rituals. The…
Hanur/Maddur: In separate incidents, three little girls and two boys were drowned in a river and a stream at Hanur taluk and Maddur. In the first incident, three girls, who were playing in a stream, were drowned after being swept away in Ramegowdanahalli village at the foot of Mahadeshwara Hill in Hanur taluk. The deceased…
Hanur (MM Hills): Former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, accompanied by his wife Prema, daughter Shambavi and other family members, visited MM Hills in Chamarajanagar district yesterday and offered puja to the presiding deity. They arrived at 12.30 pm and left by 2 pm. Krishna, who usually flies in a helicopter to the hill shrine, could…
Another person seriously injured Hanur: Close on the heels of a devotee being killed when a wild elephant caught him by its trunk and threw him aside in M.M. Hills Forest Range yesterday, a devotee from Mandya, who had been to Nagamale in M.M. Hills was seriously injured when a wild elephant attacked him near…
400 kg wild meat, arms, snares seized Hanur: In a major haul, the Karnataka Forest Department has managed to confiscate a huge haul of over 400 kg of wild meat besides arms and snares used for hunting on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu Border. However, the poachers managed to escape. Yesterday afternoon, the Forest Department staff from…
Hanur: Hanur Police, have arrested the Principal of a Residential School under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on charges of sexually harassing girl students during an educational tour. The arrested is M. Lokesh, Principal of Ekalavya Residential School at Mangala village. Following complaints that the accused Principal during an educational tour on…
Mysuru: Even as the bus tragedy at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura of Mandya that took place exactly three Saturdays back (Nov.24) where 30 persons lost their lives is fresh in the minds of people, another horrifying case of mass poisoning shook Chamarajanagar and Mysuru yesterday where over 11 people died after consuming prasadam at Maramma Temple…
Two factions in Sulwadi village fought to take control over Maramma Temple Mysuru: The tragedy at Maramma Temple at Sulwadi village in Hanur could have been worse but minimised as there was a shortage of prasadam. Villagers said that there was a huge rush at the temple and due to this, prasadam that was already…
Mysuru: IGP (Southern Range) K.V. Sharath Chandra has confirmed that two people, Gowdruchinnatti, a member of the temple’s administration, and manager Madesh have been taken into custody for questioning. Gowdruchinnatti’s son Lokesh said that the tomato bath was not meant to be served as prasadam but was meant for the members of temple administration. “Initially,…
Hanur: At least 11 people lost their lives and over 70 took ill after consuming ‘prasadam’ distributed during the ‘Gopura’ installation ceremony at Kichguth Maramma Temple at Sulwadi village in Ramapura hobli of Hanur taluk in Chamarajanagar district yesterday. Most of the devotees, who died or took ill, had come to the temple to view…
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