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…
Vehicular movement restricted and diverted from 7 am to 6 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Following a report from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic), that tourists and Mysureans would throng the city in large numbers on Vijayadashami (Jumboo Savari) Day, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, in a view to ensure smooth flow of traffic and also to…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the Jumboo Savari just four days away, District Minister S.T. Somashekar inspected the ongoing works on the making of Dasara Tableaux at the Exhibition Grounds here yesterday. The procession, marking the culmination of the Nada Habba, will take place inside the Palace premises on Oct.15. The Minister also discussed with the artisans on…
Mysore/Mysuru: The annual grandeur Jumboo Savari will be held on Oct. 15 between 5 pm and 5.30 pm. This year too, the Vijayadashami procession is limited to Palace premises in view of COVID pandemic. Customary Nandi Dhwaja Puja will be held between 4.36 pm and 4.46 pm followed by offering flowers to the idol of…
Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham, responding to a question by reporters on the Forest Department’s reported request for allowing Dasara elephants rehearsal outside the Palace premises so as to make the elephants accalamatise to roads and the crowd, said that the Forest Department can come up with its own representation to allow rehearsal from…
Instead of VIPs, tourist arrival will boost hospitality sector, feel stakeholders Mysore/Mysuru: Citing heavy losses to the tourism and hospitality sector, the Federation of Organisations and Associations of Mysuru has urged the State Government to reserve a major percentage of the seats of this year’s Jumboo Savari exclusively for tourists. Like last year, this year…
Dasara procession limited to Mysore Palace premises this year too Mysore/Mysuru: A total of eight elephants (3 female and 5 male) will be participating in this year’s Dasara celebrations in Mysuru and the grand finale ‘Jumboo Savari’ is limited only inside the Palace premises this year too, following COVID pandemic. The eight elephants which will be…
Mysore/Mysuru: “I never had the experience of guiding any Howdah elephant in Jumboo Savari and I was nervous, but it was Abhimanyu who instilled confidence in me which helped me to be successful in fulfilling my responsibility,” said Abhimanyu’s Mahout Vasanth. Sharing his experience with Star of Mysore as it was the first time for…
Mysore/Mysuru: Curtains came down on Dasara-2020 with a simple yet traditional ‘Jumboo Savari’ procession taken out within the premises of Mysore Palace in presence of a handful of audience yesterday. The caparisoned elephants, led by the Golden Howdah carrying jumbo ‘Captain’ Abhimanyu, accompanied with four others, marched 270 metres inside the Palace to complete the…
Mysore/Mysuru: The cultural capital of the State Mysuru on Monday presented a picture of ‘undeclared bandh’ as Police had erected barricades all around the Mysore Palace for Vijayadashami procession inside the Palace premises and to prevent people from venturing anywhere near the Palace. On account of simple Dasara, the Government had restricted the Jumboo Savari…
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