Mysore/Mysuru: With no designated place, sheep and goat farmers have converged at Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) as in the past and are selling their livestock (sheep and goat) ahead of Bakrid, which will be celebrated on June 29. Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice for Muslims. With just two days…
Sheep fair at busy LIC Circle continues as make-shift livestock market during Bakrid
June 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: It’s been several years since Millennium Circle at the LIC Divisional Office (officially named after former Minister late T. N. Narasimha Murthy) in Bannimantap in the city turns into a temporary market place for sheep fair ahead of every Bakrid festival. The District Administration is yet to take note of the demand to provide…
Replicas of howdah jumbos to adorn Millennium Circle
February 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has said, “LIC of India has come forward to develop and maintain Millennium Circle in front of its Divisional Office at Bannimantap in city.” The LIC Officers have submitted a proposal towards the development and maintenance of Millennium Circle, popular as LIC Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road….
Millennium Circle in city turns a Sheep Fair
July 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With just a day left for the Bakrid festival, a variety of sheep have arrived from villages for a week and the busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) at Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. Bakrid is a ‘Festival of Sacrifice’ honouring the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act…
Landmark Millennium Circle turning out a Sheep Pen
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Many readers have written to Star of Mysore about the busy LIC Circle near the Torchlight Parade Grounds on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Road turning into a sheep pen. “Lately I have observed that lot of sheep selling vendors gather there with their herd of animals and they have literally turned the spot into a…
MCC proposes shifting of sheep market to Torchlight Grounds
August 1, 2019Mysuru: The landmark LIC Circle or the Millennium Circle will no longer be a place to sell sheep. Every Bakrid season, the area turns to a sheep pen with traders coming from far off villages to sell sheep and buyers haggling with them to buy the healthiest animal for a the best price. The Mysuru…
Millennium Circle in Bannimantap turns Sheep Fair for few days
August 21, 2018Mysuru: With just a day left for Bakrid festival and variety of sheep arriving from villages since a week, the very busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) in Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. As shepherds arrive in the afternoon with their livestock, brisk business is taking place from afternoon which goes on till…
MUDA seeks NRN’s help to develop Millennium Circle
August 9, 2017Mysuru: MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar has sought the assistance of Infosys Co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy (NRN) to develop the Millennium Circle in Bannimanatap here and also to install a statue of Kempananjammanni there. Dhruvakumar met Narayana Murthy at a function held at NIE here yesterday and placed his plea. He disclosed the press that Infosys…
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