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Lokayukta raids Mysore Palace ticket counters
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Lokayukta raids Mysore Palace ticket counters

May 24, 2024

Seizes Rs. 4.10 lakh unaccounted cash Mysore/Mysuru: Lokayukta sleuths have unearthed a large scale corruption during its raid on Mysore Palace ticket counters yesterday. Following information about corruptions at the Palace entry gates and parking lot, a team of Lokayukta officials and staff raided the ticket counters of Mysore Palace during which they found Rs….

No fire safety for Mysore Palace
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No fire safety for Mysore Palace

May 20, 2024

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…

Tourist Rush in city
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Tourist Rush in city

May 11, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Following back-to-back holidays from Friday to Sunday, there has been a heavy influx of tourists since this morning, with most of the tourist spots in and around the city overcrowded with tourist footfalls. The Government offices, banks and some of the private establishments had declared holiday for Basava Jayanti yesterday, while the banks are…

Ban feeding pigeons in front of Mysore Palace North Gate    
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Ban feeding pigeons in front of Mysore Palace North Gate    

May 8, 2024

BJP leader R. Raghu writes to DC Dr. K.V. Rajendra seeking action Mysore/Mysuru: State BJP OBC Morcha President R. Raghu (Kautilya) has demanded for banning the practice of feeding pigeons outside the North Gate of Mysore Palace near Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple in city. In a letter to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra, Raghu has…

Ugadi Sangeethotsava begins at Palace
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Ugadi Sangeethotsava begins at Palace

April 10, 2024

Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra lighting the lamp to inaugurate the 3-day Ugadi Sangeethotsava organised by Mysore Palace Board at the Palace premises last evening as (from left) Horticulture Officer Yogesh, AEE Sateesh, Palace Board Dy. Director T.S. Subramanya and Rajesh look on. Today, Bhava Geethotsava by Nagesh Kandegala and troupe at 5.30 pm; Karnatak…

Weeds, shrubs near Palace fort gutted
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Weeds, shrubs near Palace fort gutted

April 7, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: Following the heat condition, the weeds and shrubs that had grown outside the precincts of Mysore Palace caught fire on Friday. The patch of grass that had gone dry at the area abutting the Palace fort at the eastern side near Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle (Hardinge Circle) was gutted in the fire mishap, triggering anxious…

Tourist movement dips due to poll season, soaring heat
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Tourist movement dips due to poll season, soaring heat

March 24, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: The period between April and May in Mysuru typically witnesses a surge in leisure activities, including tours, coinciding with the school summer break. However, this year, the soaring summer heat, combined with the upcoming General Elections in April and May, has cast a shadow on the travel plans of holiday-makers. Consequently, there has been…

Mysore Palace’s opulent Peacock Pavilion
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Mysore Palace’s opulent Peacock Pavilion

March 5, 2024

By R.G. Singh Mysore circa 1897, festivities connected with the wedding celebrations of Princess Jayalakshmammanni, the eldest daughter of the late Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X with Kantharaje Urs (later Dewan of Mysore State 1918-1922), brother of dowager Maharani H.H. Kempananjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, turned to a mishap when a part of the Palace got burnt…

Sonal Shah visits Palace, Shuka Vana
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Sonal Shah visits Palace, Shuka Vana

February 12, 2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s wife Sonal Shah, who visited Mysore Palace in city yesterday, being felicitated by Mysore Palace Board Dy. Director T.S. Subramanya with a portrait of the golden throne. Sonal Shah at Shuka Vana in Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram premises on Nanjangud Road in Mysuru.

‘I Love Mysuru’ selfie board in English near Palace removed
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‘I Love Mysuru’ selfie board in English near Palace removed

February 10, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: ‘I Love Mysuru,’ a selfie board in English kept at the parking lot near the North Gate of Mysore Palace, that had turned the eyes of pro-Kannada activists red, was removed by Abhaya, emergency rescue team of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) recently. The selfie board had been kept only a few days ago and…

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