Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have issued the following guidelines to be followed by the public and visitors to Mysore Palace and Torchlight Parade Grounds at Bannimantap. • Public and visitors to the Mysore Palace and Torchlight Parade Grounds should enter through the designated entry gates. • Public and visitors are urged to co-operate with…
Miscreants steal LED bulbs, serial lights used for Dasara illumination
October 6, 2019Mysuru: Dasara illumination has been the most appreciated part of the festival with the main thoroughfares of the city, circles and buildings dazzling with elegant lighting as dusk sets in. However, a few crooked miscreants with perverted mind have allegedly begun to steal the LED bulbs and serial set lights hung and wound around tree…
Palace Durbar Hall, a concern
October 6, 2019By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist Mysore Palace is one of the most elegant buildings about which every Mysurean, nay, Indian should take pride. The fact that it has been drawing footfalls exceeding those visiting the world-famous Taj Mahal in Agra shows what a grand structure the Mysore Palace is. But the century-old structure is raising concern…
Where are Dasara Gold Cards, Tickets ?
October 5, 2019Not available both online and offline; public angry Authorities helpless due to pressure from VVIPs Mysuru: As Jumboo Savari and the Torchlight Parade are grand annual events with pomp and pageantry, the controversy over Dasara Gold Cards, passes and tickets is raging. While authorities express their helplessness every year in this regard saying they have…
Mysore Gazetteer describes Dasara as an echo from distant past
October 5, 2019Mysuru: A tradition whose origins are lost in time, the Mysuru Dasara has, over the centuries, followed the template conceived by the Vijayanagar emperors (14th century AD to 17th century AD). This is also among the better documented traditions as evident in the writings of the medieval travellers, who visited the courts of the Vijayanagar…
Green Living
October 5, 2019Regardless of the style, area or theme, it’s always nice to have a green space in your house that allows you to stay connected with nature. Lush, well-tended gardens — whether they adorn humble cottages or sprawling estates — add beauty and personality to any property and truly make a house into a home. Homes…
Yaduveer performs Saraswathi Puja
October 5, 2019As part of Navaratri celebrations, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar performed special pujas to Saraswathi, the Goddess of Knowledge, inside the Mysore Palace this morning. Yaduveer offered puja to books, veena, musical scriptures, copies of epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc., amidst chanting of vedic hymns by the Palace priests.
Barricades being erected to regulate Dasara crowd
October 4, 2019Mysuru: With the grand Dasara procession just 4 days away, the authorities have erected wooden pole barricades on both sides of the road on the Dasara procession route. The District administration, taking no chances on public safety and unhindered march of the procession, has started erecting barricades on both sides of the road from the…
Gold Card Rush
October 3, 2019People stand for long hours to purchase Dasara Gold Cards, procession tickets Officials not available for clarification Mysuru: Is getting a Dasara Gold Card an easy task? No. People have been waiting in long queues at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office to lay their hands on the premium card which gives access to all Dasara events….
Behold the symphony of lights
October 3, 2019Mysuru: Dasara is synonymous with illumination featuring elaborate displays of lights. While most cities in the world have their own special illumination event, Mysuru is no exception. The city has turned into a new Light Experience that has turned spaces into atmospheric places filled with light. And these design-driven lighting concepts have been attracting visitors…
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