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Howdah Elephant rehearses with 350-kg sand bags
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Howdah Elephant rehearses with 350-kg sand bags

October 8, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara elephant Abhimanyu, which has been given the responsibility of carrying the Golden Howdah on Jumboo Savari day, began his training by carrying 350-kg sand bags this morning inside the Palace premises. Before the commencement of weight training, puja was performed at Kodi Someshwara Temple in Palace premises and to the Gaadhi Namdha (a…

Sharannavarathri rituals at Palace
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Sharannavarathri rituals at Palace

October 8, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A slew of programmes are lined up at the Palace in connection with Sharannavarathri festivities which will begin from Oct. 17. However, all rituals will be carried out keeping with the tradition sans participation or presence of family members, visitors and media, said Pramoda Devi Wadiyar in a press release. M. Lakshminarayan, Private Secretary…

Dasara-2020: Palace Board hands over Chamundeshwari idol to Muzrai
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Dasara-2020: Palace Board hands over Chamundeshwari idol to Muzrai

October 7, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The countdown began for inauguration of Dasara-2020 with traditional handing over of the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari, the presiding deity of Mysuru Royal family, to the Department of Muzrai by Mysore Palace Board here this morning. The ‘Panchaloha’ idol, which has been in the possession of Palace Board, was handed over by T.S. Subramanya,…

Trial run of Dasara illumination begins
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Trial run of Dasara illumination begins

October 7, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), which has begun illuminating roads and Circles surrounding Mysore Palace for the coming Dasara festival, conducted a trial run of the illumination yesterday. With the State Government deciding to celebrate Dasara (Oct. 17 – 26) in a simple manner due to COVID-19 pandemic, only a few important roads…

Tongas awaiting tourists
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Tongas awaiting tourists

October 7, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara is that time of the year when Mysuru lives up to its sobriquet of Royal City and Mysuru is among the few places where tongas still exist.  The tongas are now used only for joy rides, especially during Dasara when the tongawallas deck up their tongas and illuminate them with LED lights to…

No public entry for Navarathri Puja inside Palace: Pramoda Devi
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No public entry for Navarathri Puja inside Palace: Pramoda Devi

October 6, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: As a COVID-19 precautionary and safety measure, the members of the public will not be allowed to gather for Navarathri Puja celebrations inside the Mysore Palace during this year’s Dasara. In a press release, member of the erstwhile Royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said that traditional and customary pujas and rituals associated with Dasara…

Dry cannon drill begins at Palace
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Dry cannon drill begins at Palace

October 5, 2020

With just 12 days left for the commencement of Dasara, ‘dry talim’ or rehearsal with unloaded cannons began at Mysore Palace this morning. The dry drill is undertaken to train members of ‘Pirangi Dala’ or Cannon Unit involved in this ritual of cannon firing. All 30 members of the Cannon Unit, supervised by R-ASI Siddaraju…

Pre-wedding photo shoot at Palace premises?
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Pre-wedding photo shoot at Palace premises?

October 4, 2020

Video goes viral on social media Mysore/Mysuru: A video, pertaining to a pre- wedding photo shoot of a couple from Tamil Nadu in Mysore Palace premises has gone viral on social media. Meanwhile, Mysore Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya said that pre-wedding photo shoots are not encouraged in Palace premises and added that thousands…

Traditional puja offered to Palace cannons
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Traditional puja offered to Palace cannons

October 4, 2020

City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, along with DCPs Dr. A.N. Prakash Gowda and M.S. Geetha Prasanna, City Armed Reserve (CAR) DCP Shivaraj and ACP Sudarshan, offered traditional puja to Palace Cannons this morning. The dry training in firing the cannons will commence tomorrow and for the first time, the Dasara elephants will stay inside the…

Route Rehearsal for Dasara Jumbos begins at Palace
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Route Rehearsal for Dasara Jumbos begins at Palace

October 3, 2020

COVID-19 test conducted for Mahouts, Kavadis Special diet  for pachyderms from today No march on Jumboo Savari route from Palace to Bannimantap Mysore/Mysuru: A day after arriving in Mysore Palace, Dasara elephants led by Howdah-carrying elephant ‘Abhimanyu’ participated in a route rehearsal within the Palace premises this morning. With hardly two weeks left for the…

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