Mysuru: Flower Show inside Mysore Palace premises is the main attraction this year, but most of the flowers were withering down due to hot mid-day weather. In an effort to restore the freshness of these flowers, more than 4 lakh flowers at the venue were replaced and overhauled with new ones on Saturday. Floral replicas…
Winter Carnival inside Palace amidst floral models
December 25, 2019The Palace Flower Show was the ‘show-stopper’ of the 10-day Winter Festival that kicked off in city yesterday. Mysuru District Minister V. Somanna and MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) inaugurated the Flower Show. The iconic Mysore Palace was abuzz with activity since 3 pm, hours before the Flower Show began. While local residents queued up before…
Mysore Palace elephant mahout falls to death
July 9, 2019Mysuru: A mahout of Mysore Palace elephant Ruby died after he fell from the elephant yesterday. He was taking the elephant on a walk. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Kalappa and he was admitted to K.R. Hospital as he had sustained severe injuries. Kalappa is a native of Hosahalli village in H.D. Kote…
Tests conducted for Mysore Palace Guides
July 2, 2019The written test and oral test for 12 private Guides of Mysore Palace was held at the Palace Board office on Monday. The Tests were conducted by KSOU and Mysore University lecturers Dr. Shelvapillai Iyengar, Dr. L.N. Swamy and Dr. Rohitha Eshwar. Palace Board Dy. Director T.S. Subramanya supervised the tests.
English Sound & Light Show at Mysore Palace receives overwhelming response
June 9, 2019Mysuru: The Sound and Light Show (Son et lumiere) in English organised by Mysore Palace Board for the first time at the Palace for the benefit of visitors and tourists received an overwhelming response on the first day (June 6). Speaking to Star of Mysore, Deputy Director of Mysore Palace Board T.S. Subramanya said as…
Temporary e-mail address of Mysore Palace Board
August 27, 2018Mysuru: As the works of moving Mysore Palace Board website www.mysorepalace.gov.in hosted in Virtual Private Server to e-Governance site is under progress, the existing official e-mail ID [email protected] is temporarily down and till the works of moving the website is over, the e-mail ID [email protected] will be used temporarily, according to a press release from…
Mysore Palace Board website glitch hits online ticketing system
August 2, 2018Mysuru: Online ticketing facility has been affected following a glitch in the Mysore Palace Board website since yesterday. Star of Mysore office received many calls from tourists since last evening with the callers complaining that the website www.mysorepalace.gov.in which used to provide e-ticketing facility was defunct. Future Design Technologies had designed and upgraded the interactive…
High Court stays FIR against Palace Board Dy. Director Subramanya
April 28, 2018Mysuru: The High Court has stayed the FIR filed against Mysore Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya by the Police as an accomplice with regard to an alleged false complaint, filed by others, against Mysore Palace Security Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shylendra. It may be recalled that Subramanya had obtained an anticipatory bail on…
Violin-Sitar ‘Grand Jugalbandhi’ at Ugadi Music Fest in Palace
March 20, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru’s own violinist Mysuru Manjunath and Sitarist Ustad Rafique Khan won the hearts of the music-lovers at the ‘Grand Jugalbandhi’, organised by the Mysore Palace Board, in front of the Mysore Palace yesterday. They were performing on the second day of the Ugadi Music Festival-2018 and the caressing, lilting melodies from both the instruments…
Mysore Palace Board to provide space for Fire Station in Palace premises
December 22, 2017Mysuru: An exclusive Fire Station is coming up in the Mysore Palace premises and the Mysore Palace Board has agreed to provide space for it which would be established on the lines of Fire Stations at Vidhana Soudha, Raj Bhavan, M.S. Building and the Karnataka High Court in Bengaluru. In a communication to the DGP…
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