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Behind the scenes with Dasara elephant doctor
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Behind the scenes with Dasara elephant doctor

November 3, 2021

Veterinarian Dr. Ramesh runs the show with jumbos for the first time By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: After the elephant handlers during Dasara, the next important role is played by the elephant doctor, designated by the Forest Department to take care of the jumbos during their more-than-a-month stay inside the Mysore Palace. Anything amiss in…

Out of Rs. 6 crore, Rs. 5.42 crore spent for Dasara-2021
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Out of Rs. 6 crore, Rs. 5.42 crore spent for Dasara-2021

November 3, 2021

Rs. 4.22 crore for Mysuru Dasara, Rs. 50 lakh each for Mandya and Chamarajanagar, Rs. 20 lakh for Arkalgud Dasara Mysore/Mysuru: Despite the Dasara festivities being scaled down and the procession limited to Mysore Palace in view of COVID-19, the Government has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 5.42 crore for the celebrations in Mysuru, Srirangapatna,…

Golden throne dismantled in Palace
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Golden throne dismantled in Palace

October 31, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: With Dasara-2021 festivities formally over, the precious gems studded Golden Throne (Simhasana) at Mysore Palace was dismantled this morning after 30-days of its assembly and is kept in the Palace strong room. Ahead of Dasara, the Golden throne, weighing 280-kg was assembled on Oct.1. Along with the Golden throne, the Silver Bhadrasana too was …

Rail Museum witnesses record footfall during Dasara-2021
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Rail Museum witnesses record footfall during Dasara-2021

October 27, 2021

Earns a revenue of Rs.13,16,222, the highest in 41-year history of Museum Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Rail Museum has earned the distinction of being one of the most-visited tourist places in Mysuru during Dasara festivities-2021 with a cumulative footfall of 28,733 in the period from Oct.7 to 24, generating a revenue of Rs.13,16,222, the highest so…

Ambaari’s Dasara illumination tour a hit
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Ambaari’s Dasara illumination tour a hit

October 21, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Illuminated streets of Mysuru, photos and videos on social media about the roof-top trips amidst the evening pleasant weather and, of course, the VVIP trip taken atop the bus by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and a few of his Cabinet colleagues recently have popularised and given enough publicity to Ambaari, the double-decker hop-on and…

Dasara gives tourism much-needed boost
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Dasara gives tourism much-needed boost

October 17, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Showing signs of early revival of the COVID-battered tourism sector, thousands of visitors are thronging landmarks of Mysuru and are booking hotels and resorts to see the illumination that has been extended till Oct. 24.  Normally, hotels see guests checking out after the Dasara procession. But this year, post-Dasara days too are seeing increased…

Dasara jumbos head back to jungle camps
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Dasara jumbos head back to jungle camps

October 17, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Emotional moments were witnessed at Mysore Palace premises this morning when all the eight Dasara elephants returned to their respective forest camps after the end of the ten-day Dasara festivities. Many onlookers became emotional when these elephants were loaded onto the trucks. Earlier in the morning, priest S.V. Prahalad Rao led the puja rituals…

Over 5.12 lakh watch Dasara events online
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Over 5.12 lakh watch Dasara events online

October 17, 2021

New tradition of bringing idol of Goddess from Chamundi Hill to Palace to continue Mysore/Mysuru: Over 5.3 lakh people have watched this year’s Dasara from Oct. 7 to 15 through various social platforms, said District Minister S.T. Somashekar, thanking Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the Chairman of High-Level Dasara Committee, for his continued…

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