Mysore/Mysuru: A technical team from Health Department will soon visit the city to take stock of the current COVID-19 situation, and will recommend to the State Government on number of persons to be allowed inside Mysore Palace to witness Jumboo Savari on Oct. 26. The team will hold talks with local health experts on pros…
Mysore/Mysuru: “There is an indestructible relationship between the royal family and elephants since beginning and the royal family has been very respectful to the elephants that have been participating in Dasara festivities. To express their love and concern to the elephants, the erstwhile kings had installed Jayamarthanda Gate (the main entrance gate of Mysore Palace)…
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…
Waiting for guidelines from State Government Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police are waiting for guidelines from the State Government regarding number of tableaux and contingents participating in this year’s Dasara Jumboo Savari procession following directions from Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to celebrate Nada Habba in a simple manner due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, the City…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) has started preparations for the illumination of all important circles and thoroughfare in the city for the coming Dasara festival. Although the State Government has decided to celebrate this year Dasara in a simple manner, the CESC has undertaken necessary works at all important circles, main roads and…
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…
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…
Mysore/Mysuru: With just 15 days left for Dasara, which is being celebrated in a simple manner, a total of five Dasara elephants led by Golden Howdah-bearer Abhimanyu, were accorded a traditional welcome at the Mysore Palace this afternoon. District Minister S.T. Somashekar and a host of dignitaries formally welcomed the Dasara Jumbo team by showering…
Five Dasara elephants accorded warm send off after traditional puja at Veeranahosahalli Hunsur: ‘Gajapayana’ (marching of elephants) of five elephants which will take part in Dasara-2020 began at Veeranahosahalli on the outskirts of Nagarahole National Park in the taluk this morning. The otherwise fanfare affair with the presence of elected representatives and cultural troupes, this…
By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: Health experts, Task Force members and senior officials have advised the State Government not to relax any rules for the upcoming Dasara festival keeping in view the spike in COVID-19 cases. “There is every possibility of Mysuru city and district going Kerala way where the Coronavirus cases exploded due to…
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