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Heritage or hype? Radium paint around Circles sparks debate
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Heritage or hype? Radium paint around Circles sparks debate

September 24, 2024

Painting a 10-ft radius around K.R. Circle, Chamaraja Circle Mysuru: In a bid to welcome and captivate visitors for Dasara, large and vibrant paintings are being created around K.R. Circle and Chamaraja Circle. Radium-infused paint is being used to ensure the artwork shines brilliantly at night, enhancing the festival atmosphere. The task, covering a 10-ft….

Gilded metal sheet of Nalwadi Statue dome falls off
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Gilded metal sheet of Nalwadi Statue dome falls off

June 25, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: A piece of gilded metal sheet covering the dome of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s Statue installed at K.R. Circle in the city, has fallen, triggering concerns among heritage lovers in the city. According to a shopkeeper, the metal broke and fell off about three to four days ago and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities…

Kings of footpaths are encroachers: pedestrians in peril
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Kings of footpaths are encroachers: pedestrians in peril

February 6, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Footpath encroachments in the heart of the city is back to trouble pedestrians. The general public and road users are demanding the authorities to permanently rein in the encroachers along with roadside vendors to address the menace. The footpaths around K.R. Circle extending towards Devaraja Market on Sayyaji Rao Road, Gandhi Square and surroundings…

Canara Bank distributes umbrellas to street vendors
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Canara Bank distributes umbrellas to street vendors

December 12, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Canara Bank, one of the top public sector banks in the country, distributed umbrellas to street vendors doing business around c in the heart of the city on Saturday. The Bank officials distributed more than a hundred umbrellas that had the logo of the Bank, under the Government’s social security scheme. The street vendors…

Women found begging along with children rescued
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Women found begging along with children rescued

July 28, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: The Officials from the Department of Women and Child Development, along with Child Helpline and Children Protection Unit have rescued two women, who were seeking alms along with infants and children in city on Wednesday and have sent them for counselling. While one woman, who was found begging along with an infant near K.R….

Tongawallah thrashed by women
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Tongawallah thrashed by women

May 17, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: A group of women, caught a tongawallah and beat him black and blue for ramming his tonga into a woman at K.R. Circle yesterday and trying to flee from the spot. The woman, identified as Nirmala of Baburayanakoppal in Srirangapatna taluk, who had come to city on some work, was crossing the road towards…

Youths say cheese…
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Youths say cheese…

October 6, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Be it any big or small event, youngsters are everywhere busy clicking selfies and are eager to upload them on social media. As the Jumboo Savari procession passed through K.R. Circle and went further, many youths were seen clicking selfies in the middle of Raja Marga. However, crowds of youths were seen clicking selfies…

Jumbos ambling around K.R. Circle
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Jumbos ambling around K.R. Circle

September 11, 2022

Rehearsal for the Vijayadashami Day procession The Dasara elephants majestically walking around K.R. Circle during their morning rehearsal session on Jumboo Savari route from Mysore Palace to Bannimantap Torchlight Parade Grounds. [Pic. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav]

Ornate light poles beautify K.R. Circle
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Ornate light poles beautify K.R. Circle

January 6, 2022

Lamp posts designed in Madhya Pradesh at a total cost of Rs. 1 crore Mysore/Mysuru: Every evening at 6.30 pm or so, the Heritage K.R. Circle glows with elegant lights that have been installed at a cost of Rs. 1 crore. These heritage lamps that have been installed there give the Circle a new look…

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