First Citizen Ram Nath Kovind offers prayers to Srikanteshwara in Nanjangud and Chamundeshwari in Mysuru Mysuru / Nanjangud: After a packed schedule at Mysore Palace yesterday where he inaugurated the year-long birth centenary celebrations of Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by his wife Savitha Kovind, visited the famed Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud and…
Jumbo Spectacle
October 9, 2019Mysuru: Many worlds of one city unveiled at the Jumboo Savari last evening with caparisoned elephants in the lead, marking the culmination of the grand finale of the ten-day Dasara festivities. This is 409th Dasara that was started in the Mysuru region by Raja Wadiyar at Srirangapatna in 1610 and subsequently taken over by democratically…
Cleaning drive begins after Jamboree
October 9, 2019Mysuru: A day after a successful Jumboo Savari, Pourakarmikas swung into action as early as 7 am today to clear garbage and waste littered on the procession route and the roads of Raja Marga and surrounding areas. Pourakarmikas were seen clearing fruit juice sachets, plastic, chappals, sugarcane leftovers and other waste at the Chamaraja Wadiyar…
Palace Durbar Hall, a concern
October 6, 2019By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist Mysore Palace is one of the most elegant buildings about which every Mysurean, nay, Indian should take pride. The fact that it has been drawing footfalls exceeding those visiting the world-famous Taj Mahal in Agra shows what a grand structure the Mysore Palace is. But the century-old structure is raising concern…
A Ride of Royalty
October 6, 2019By Shadan Muneer Dasara is that time of the year when Mysuru skies take on varied hues, streets across the city dazzle with beautiful decor, festivities galore and the excitement is palpable at every shining corner. Mysuru lives up to its sobriquet of Royal City and Dasara is the best time of the year to…
Yaduveer performs Saraswathi Puja
October 5, 2019As part of Navaratri celebrations, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar performed special pujas to Saraswathi, the Goddess of Knowledge, inside the Mysore Palace this morning. Yaduveer offered puja to books, veena, musical scriptures, copies of epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata etc., amidst chanting of vedic hymns by the Palace priests.
Mahishasura Mardini ballet at Mysore Palace
October 5, 2019Artiste Padmashri and team performing Bharatanatyam ballet ‘Mahishasura Mardini’ at the Mysore Palace premises as a part of the ongoing Dasara Cultural Programme yesterday.
Melange of Music and Dance Reverberates Palace
October 3, 2019Kousalya Nivas, Guru & Artistic Director, M.S. Natyalaya, Bengaluru and team presenting a dance ballet ‘Mukunda Leela’ at Palace premises yesterday.
Delta-Delta type transformers keep Palace aglow
October 2, 2019Ten-day Dasara illumination costs Rs.14 lakh for Mysore Palace Board Mysuru: What is the type of transformer that keeps the illumination of the Mysore Palace uninterrupted? It is a network called the Delta-Delta type transformer that is not found anywhere else in the country but is installed at the Palace. There are two transformers of…
Mesmerising Music and Dance at Palace
October 2, 2019Vaishnavi Gangubai Hangal, Mysuru, presenting a Hindustani Music Concert at Mysore Palace premises last evening as part of the ongoing Dasara Cultural Programme. Picture above shows Roopa Ravichandran and team of Elements of Arts and Heritage Academy, Bengaluru, presenting a dance feature titled ‘Navadurga’ on the occasion. Picture below shows Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj…
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