The world-famous Mysore Palace, over a century old and attracting lakhs of visitors, surprisingly lacks fire safety measures, raising concerns over the conservation of priceless art, valuables paintings and other paraphernalia associated with the Mysore royal heritage. Despite the illumination of the Palace with over one lakh incandescent bulbs during Dasara and other occasions, necessary…
Tourists caught off-guard as Mysore Palace not illuminated Mysore/Mysuru: As India observed State mourning on Sunday (Sept. 11) over Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the regular Sunday illumination of the Mysore Palace too was suspended as a mark of respect. But unaware of the cancellation of the illumination, several tourists who had come from far-flung areas…
Mysore/Mysuru: After a long gap, hundreds of weekend tourists had a glimpse of the illuminated Mysore Palace last evening. Though illumination had resumed on July 25, after a three-month ban imposed on April 10 due to the rising COVID crisis, illumination was again suspended following the imposition of weekend curfew. Even the Sound and Light…
Enthralling Sound and Light Show from today between 7 pm and 8 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Signalling the end of Mysuru’s battle with the second wave of killer COVID-19, the Mysore Palace was illuminated last evening after a gap of three months. With the illumination, the spectacular structure got even more spectacular. As the illumination event was widely…
Mysore/Mysuru: For the record, Mysuru, a city’s economy that is driven by tourism, received only 7.08 lakh tourists flow in 2020-21 (April 2020 and March 31, 2021) when compared to 2019-2020 where 36.28 lakh tourists descended on the city. On an average, Mysuru gets 35 lakh to 37 lakh tourists every year. Mysore Palace Board…
But Palace open for tourists Mysore/Mysuru: There will be no illumination of Mysore Palace on Sundays and public holidays (from 7 pm – 8 pm) till May 2 following surge in Corona cases. Likewise, ‘Ugadi Sangeethotsava-2021’ stands cancelled. Even Sound and Light has been suspended from Apr. 10 to 30. However, the Palace is open…
No Sound and Light Show too Mysore/Mysuru: Are you planning to go to city to enjoy the illumination of Mysore Palace? Then it is better to drop your idea as the authorities of Mysore Palace Board have decided to suspend the Palace illumination on every Sundays and public holidays till further orders in the wake…
By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Tourists visiting Mysuru have to wait for one more month to witness the spectacular illumination of Amba Vilas Palace (Mysore Palace), one of the main attractions in the city. The Palace illumination was stopped from March 24 this year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown in the…
Mysuru: As the week-long State Mourning has been declared following the passing away of former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee on Aug.16, Mysore Palace illumination has been cancelled tonight. Also, the Sound and Light show has been cancelled till Aug.22, according to Palace Board Deputy Director T. S. Subramanya.
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