Save Mysuru’s Heritage, Save Mysuru’s Pride Over 300 people take part in candlelight protest in front of Fire Brigade Station Memorandum to be submitted to Government seeking Rs. 500 crore grants for heritage conservation Mysore/Mysuru: A candlelight protest was organised at 7 pm yesterday at the Fire Brigade Station in Saraswathipuram to draw the attention…
Echo of Maharani’s Chem-Lab collapse: Protest to save heritage tomorrow
October 22, 2022Conservationists visit Maharani’s College; suggest remedial measures Mysore/Mysuru: Heritage-lovers, conservationists and like-minded people of Mysuru will hold a candle-light vigil and protest at Saraswathipuram Fire Brigade premises tomorrow at 7 pm. The protest is being organised against the apathetic attitude of the State Government, Mysuru District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation in protecting the…
Multiple heritage structure collapses cause concern
October 22, 2022Authorities look the other way citing fund crunch, lament conservationists Mysore/Mysuru: Frequent collapse of heritage buildings in Heritage City has caused concern among conservationists, heritage experts and the general public. While a portion of Maharani’s Science College collapsed yesterday, reducing the Chemistry Laboratory and another adjacent room into rubble, a portion of the Mysore Palace…
Amid talks of demolishing & reconstructing Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building… Two buildings to be renovated
July 3, 2022Sri Chandramouleshwara Swamy Temple near Palace Old City Police Commissioner’s Office at Nazarbad Mysore/Mysuru: There is a desperate need to save historical, cultural and heritage-value structures in Mysuru city that are in dilapidated condition as there is a danger of them meeting the fate of structures like Lansdowne Building, Devaraja Market, V.V. Market and the…
Heritage restoration works: Yaduveer Wadiyar visits Government Ayurveda College and Hospital
May 31, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the restoration and repair works of Government Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital at Sir M. Visvesvaraya Circle (K.R. Hospital Circle) on Sayyaji Rao Road going on, titular head of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar visited the college and hospital for an inspection of works this morning. The college building,…
Has Mysuru gone Bengaluru way?—6: Iconic Mysore and its Tipping Point
January 19, 2022By R. Chandra Prakash The Wadiyar dynasty of Mysore State had a divine heart and a magic sceptre in their hand. Their belief in Goddess Chamundeshwari was the divine driving force behind their rule. And, as if to give credence to their belief in Goddess Chamundi, the dynasty’s womenfolk were equal participants in the protection…
Heritage Structures; The Way Forward
August 22, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Through my past four articles in this series about the three imperilled landmarks in our city, I have placed before you the sad plight they are now in and how nothing is being done to restore them to their former glory, although they all, along with many other similar…
Lansdowne Building fenced with iron mesh
August 30, 2020700-metre barrier to ban public entry; MCC puts brakes on illegal activities Mysore/Mysuru: No more illegal activities inside the dilapidated Lansdowne Building in the heart of the city as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has banned public entry by fencing the building from the front and sides that were also being used as a garbage…
DPR to repair Dodda Gadiyara to be ready in 3-4 months
August 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to list out what needs to be done to conserve the historic Silver Jubilee Clock Tower, popularly known as Dodda Gadiyara among the citizens, in the wake of structural damages due to vagaries of weather and lack of maintenance. This imposing structure…
MCC moots ‘Heritage Cess’
August 26, 2020To collect Re. 1 or Rs. 2 extra from tourists visiting Palace, Zoo for conservation of existing historic structures Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is contemplating to levy ‘Heritage Cess’ on tourists to generate resources for restoration and conservation of the surviving heritage structures in city. If approved, the MCC perhaps, will become the…
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