Mysuru: Renowned pianist and singer Ashish ‘Bill’ Mohan will be performing on Dec. 12 from 7 pm at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel in city. Mohan, who completed his B.S. Studies in Computer Science, Mathematics and English (creative writing) and MBA International and Cross-Cultural Business Emphasis at Missouri State University, USA, is at present a self-employed…
Mysuru: Most of the tourists coming to Mysuru visit the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel and spend time in photographing its magnificent interiors, staircases, chandeliers and a host of other icons from the past. Some of them shell out thousands of dollars to stay in the hotel to experience royalty etched in every bit and every…
…but ensure it is given to Taj Group or Welcome Group to save its Heritage character and fame By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, the snob hotel of Mysuru, is in news again. This palatial hotel, consisting of 54 rooms, was handed over to ITDC in 1971. One of the…
Mysuru: Even as the countdown for Dasara festivities has begun, a woman claiming to be the owner of land adjacent to Lalitha Mahal in city, has opposed the move of the District Authorities to organise Dasara programmes on this vacant land and has even erected a notice board at the plot (see pic). One S….
Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh announced that Sound and Light Show at the Lalitha Mahal Palace and Town Hall will be another attraction during Dasara from Oct.10 – 19. He was addressing a press conference here yesterday at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office and said that this year, the Sound and Light Show will also be…
Hundreds of illuminated tents to be pitched in front of Lalitha Mahal Palace this Dasara, says Tourism Minister Mysuru: The Heritage City of Mysuru will soon be counted among the most sought-after places for ‘Tent Tourism’ in India as the State Government has plans to develop such tourism in Mysuru in front of the iconic…
The Mysore Race Course is not only the biggest piece of real estate in the heart of our city but also one of the largest green spaces. Now the new Tourism Minister wants to shift the Race Course and make it a Botanical Garden to boost tourism in Mysuru. A proactive move, but… What about…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Perched, rather precariously now, at the two ends of one of the most majestic roads of our city are two of its most iconic and notable landmarks — the Mysore Race Course and the Lalitha Mahal Palace, both being the gifts of our erstwhile Maharajas which strengthen the royal…
After reading the article by N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC, on the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel run by ITDC, now being handed over to the State Government which in turn has given it to the State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd., which in turn is likely to call a global tender to take over…
The impact and purpose of a poem or a writing on a subject like obituary or the closure of an institution that has served the people for many years, leaving a legacy of its own, can never be underestimated. Writing on such subjects is not easy and only a versatile writer can bring out the…
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