Mysore/Mysuru: Marking Ratha Saptami, a festival that falls on the seventh day (Saptami) in the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month of Maagha, the ‘Utsava Murtis’ of all temples in the Palace premises were displayed for the devotees to offer their prayers in the Palace premises this morning. The festival is celebrated in…
Mysuru/Mysore: Continuing their ‘operation’ for the second day on Monday, Commandos of the elite National Security Guard (NSG), a counter-terrorism unit, conducted a ‘Mock Drill’ at Mysore Palace premises last evening. The Mock Drill which commenced at around 5 pm concluded at 2.30 am today. NSG Commandos from Chennai carried out the Mock Drill to…
Intelligence inputs likely behind security exercise ahead of R-Day Mysuru: With rising threat of terror strikes across major cities in India, the elite National Security Guard (NSG) team has arrived in Mysuru and is conducting mock drills at vital installations and tourist spots since yesterday. The team is demonstrating its preparedness to tackle any exigency…
Pyrotechnics, Dance-Drama and Police Band enthral Palace gathering on penultimate day Mysuru/Mysore: The penultimate day of Winter Festival at Mysore Palace premises here last evening featured a performance by Police Band and a dance-drama ‘Sri Srinivasa Kalyana Vaibhava’ by artistes of Sri Raghuleela Sangeetha Mandira. The Police Band led by senior artiste Thandavamurthy commenced with…
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…
Mysuru: Kannada playback singer and theatre personality M.D. Pallavi and troupe entertained the gathering at the Flower Show venue in Mysore Palace premises yesterday, with their soulful rendering of Kannada Bhavageete (poetry and light music). The event was organised as part of the ongoing Winter Festival in city. The singer, granddaughter of the famous theatre…
The 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…
A replica of Bangalore Palace with Ping Pong flowers (45x10x20 feet) has blossomed inside Mysore Palace as part of the Annual Flower Show organised by the Mysore Palace Board from today. The Flower Show, which will be inaugurated at 4.30 pm today (Dec.24), will be open for visitors till Dec.31 from 9 am to 9…
Winter is here and amidst the chill weather where people are seen warming themselves up with fireplaces at every nook and corner of the city, a Winter Festival is being held to spread a feeling of warmth. The Festival will kick off from Tuesday, Dec. 24 and will end on Jan. 2. This is the…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Was perusing a recent report on fake tourist guides. Are you surprised? I am not. This kind of thuggery may be a recent phenomenon in Mysuru but has been going on for years in North India. Twenty years back, I used to be General Manager of Lodhi Hotel….
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