Chamarajanagar: Seven couples, frustrated by the repeated postponements of a mass marriage ceremony organised initially at the Male Mahadeshwaraswamy Temple in the Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills in Chamarajanagar, have taken matters into their own hands and tied the knot at their own expense. Initially, the Sri Male Mahadeshwaraswamy Temple Development Authority had scheduled the mass…
Suttur Jatra: 115 couples tie knot at mass marriage
January 19, 2023Nanjangud: A total of 115 couples entered into wedlock at the mass marriage ceremony organised on the second day of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Shivayogigala Jatra Mahotsava (Suttur Jatra) at Suttur Sri Kshetra in Nanjangud taluk this morning. In all, 2,962 couples have tied the knot during the mass marriage ceremonies organised at Suttur Jatra…
Free Mass Marriage at Suttur on Sept. 30
September 5, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mahasamsthana Mutt, Suttur Srikshetra, Nanjangud taluk, has been conducting monthly free mass marriage programmes since February 2009, apart from the mass marriage conducted during the Adijagadguru’s Jatra Mahotsava held at Suttur. This month, the mass marriage will be held on Sept. 30. Sri Haraguru Charamurthy will participate in the mass marriage…
60 couples tie knot at ‘Saptapadi’ Mass Marriage at Nanjangud Temple
May 25, 2022Nanjangud: Sixty couples entered into wedlock at ‘Saptapadi,’ a simple mass marriage ceremony organised under the aegis of Karnataka Saptapadi Vivaha Vedike, at Sri Srikanteshwaraswamy Temple in the town this morning. ‘Saptapadi,’ a mass marriage scheme introduced by the State Government to promote simple marriages and to support people belonging to economically weaker sections, was…
12 couples to tie knot at ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage ceremony tomorrow
December 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: It will be wedding bells for 12 couples who are going to tie knot at the ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage ceremony organised by the district administration in association with Muzrai and Religious Endowment Department at Srikanteshwara temple in Nanjangud tomorrow (Dec.10). This is the first ‘Saptapadi’ programme to take place this year after Chief Minister…
‘Saptapadi’ Mass Marriage to be held on seven dates in July-August
June 21, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has announced the dates for the twice postponed ‘Mass Marriage‘ under its ambitious ‘Saptapadi’ scheme, which will be held at 100 Grade A temples coming under the Religious Endowment Department including the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill. The ceremony, slated to be held on Apr. 26 and May 24…
Saptapadi: Publicity vehicle launched
February 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With two months to go for the Government’s ambitious ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage programme (Apr. 26), Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) B.R. Poornima launched the publicity vehicle in front of Trineshwara Swamy Temple in Mysore Palace premises here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, she said that the mass-marriage programme will take place atop Chamundi Hill…
Saptapadi: Mass marriage atop Chamundi Hill on Apr. 26
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “Preparations are in full swing for Saptapadi: Mass marriage event, to be held atop Chamundi Hill on April 26. The event needs to be publicised in maximum ways possible,” said Public Library Department Deputy Director and Nodal Officer B. Manjunath while instructing the concerned officials. He was addressing the officials at a meeting held…
State Government’s ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage programme on April 26
February 8, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government’s ambitious ‘Saptapadi’ mass marriage programme aimed at promoting simple marriages, will be held at select temples across the State on April 26. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said the novel initiative is aimed at promoting simple marriages in society and is a boon…
178 couples tie knot at mass marriage in Suttur Jathra
January 22, 2020Suttur: A total of 178 couples tied knot at the mass marriage ceremony held during Suttur Jathra this morning. This included two couples from Tamil Nadu along with five specially-abled couples and two widows. Jathra Mahotsava Samithi provided mangalasutra, saree and toe-ring for bride and dhoti, valli and shirt for the groom. Dharmadhikari of Srikshetra Dharmasthala…
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