People can enjoy illumination till Nov. 1 Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that lakhs of people witnessed Jumboo Savari held in Mysore Palace premises, on facebook page of Department of Information and Public Relations on Monday. He told reporters this morning that tens and thousands of people have viewed the procession on…
Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the all-important Jumboo Savari, marking the culmination of the ten-day Dasara festival, the Dasara elephants were specially decorated for the grand event,with an art teacher from Hunsur drawing attractive pictures on their trunks and other parts of the body as a ‘Make-up.’ Nagalingappa Chandrappa Badiger, a resident of Hunsur and an art…
Mysore/Mysuru: Contrary to its tag as ‘People’s Dasara’, this year’s ‘Nada Habba’ will go in history as one that was not opened for aam aadmi. Dasara without people cannot be imagined. But this time the festivities were held by keeping people away due to COVID-19. Tourists, who were greeted with folded hands every year, were…
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, accompanied by Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar, Mayor Tasneem, DC Rohini Sindhuri, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta and titular head of royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, inaugurated ‘Jumboo Savari’ at Palace premises last evening by offering flowers to the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, the presiding deity of Mysuru, placed inside…
CM to perform Nandi Dhwaja Puja between 2.59 pm – 3.20 pm; inaugurate procession between 3.40 pm – 4.15 pm on Oct. 26 Flower Market shifted to J.K. Grounds ahead of Ayudha Puja tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: The full-dress rehearsal for Jumboo Savari procession to be held within the Palace premises on Oct. 26, was held this…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will be visiting Mysuru on Oct. 26 in connection with the inauguration of Jumboo Savari on Vijayadashami Day. According to his tour programme, he will arrive in a helicopter at Lalitha Mahal Helipad at 12.20 pm and proceed to Suttur Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill. The CM will…
Procession covers 500 mts Final rehearsal on Saturday Mysore/Mysuru: With Jumboo Savari to be held on Vijayadashami day on Oct. 26, the first rehearsal for the Dasara elephants was held in the Mysore Palace premises this morning. As Dasara is being celebrated in a simple manner, the procession is limited only to the Palace premises…
14 rounds fired using seven cannons Mysore/Mysuru: With just five days left for Jumboo Savari, which is limited only to the Mysore Palace premises due to COVID-19 pandemic, the five Dasara elephants, led by Golden Howdah carrying elephant Abhimanyu, and horses from the Mounted Police Force underwent the second phase of cannon drill last evening….
Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara elephant Abhimanyu, which has been given the responsibility of carrying the Golden Howdah on Jumboo Savari day, began his training by carrying 350-kg sand bags this morning inside the Palace premises. Before the commencement of weight training, puja was performed at Kodi Someshwara Temple in Palace premises and to the Gaadhi Namdha (a…
Mysore/Mysuru: With no signs of drop in COVID-19 pandemic cases across the State in general and Mysuru district in particular, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa is learnt to have decided that only 500 persons should be allowed both inside and outside the Palace to witness the colourful ‘Jumboo Savari’ procession on Vijayadashami Day on Oct. 26….
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