Artiste 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…
Imposing music and dance hogs limelight at Mysore Palace
October 1, 2019Mysuru: Imposing music and dance stole the show on the second day of the Dasara cultural programmes in city Palace premises yesterday. The cultural evening on Monday began with a classical music concert by Pt. Udaya Mallick of New Delhi, which kept the audience in their toes. Mallick with his fascinating voice earned rapt attention…
Khas Durbar begins at Mysore Palace
September 29, 2019Mysuru: Navaratri rituals at Mysore Palace began with the commencement of Khas Durbar or Private Durbar today during which titular head of Mysore Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar ascended the Golden Throne at Durbar Hall between 10.45 am and 11 am. Prior to this, rituals began early in the morning with oil bath to…
Royal Chandeliers get their sheen back for Dasara
September 26, 2019By N. Niranjan Nikam The Mysore Palace Board, in-charge of maintaining the Palace, gets to work to prepare for Dasara months in advance. Over 150 chandeliers are cleaned and burnt bulbs inside them are replaced – a delicate work that needs a lot of careful planning. “Chandeliers including big ones, domes, and pearl chandeliers, white,…
117 cameras keep 360o vigil on Mysore Palace
September 25, 2019Mysuru: Lakhs of tourists visit Mysore Palace, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, every year. To keep a watch on this magnificent place every day is no easy task. However, the Mysuru Palace Board has risen to the occasion and installed 117 CCTV cameras covering the entire span of 72 acres…
Portion of Chajja at Mysore Palace collapses
September 25, 2019Mysuru: A portion of the Chajja (projecting or overhanging eaves or cover of a roof) at the residential side of the Mysore Palace collapsed on Monday morning following heavy rains the previous night. However, no one was injured. According to Mysore Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya, it was just a very small portion of…
Royal stage readied for Dasara
September 25, 2019A worker painting the hand-railing of the steps leading to dais in front of the Mysore Palace where Dasara cultural programmes will be held from Sept.29.
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