Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration, in association with the Kannada and Culture Department, had organised Rajarshi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s 136th Jayanti celebrations at K.R. Circle this morning. Co-operation and Mysuru District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar offered floral tributes to the statue of Nalwadi at the Circle in the presence of MLAs S.A. Ramdas, L. Nagendra and…
Mysore/Mysuru: The 136th birth anniversary of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was celebrated by Karnataka Sena Pade by offering floral tribute to a portrait of Nalwadi and by distributing ‘Mysore Pak’ to the public at Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple premises this morning. DCP A.N. Prakash Gowda, Palace Board Dy. Director T.S. Subramanya and Industrialist M.N. Doreswamy, who were…
Mysore/Mysuru: Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s 136th birth anniversary will be celebrated on June 4, in a simple way in the wake of the lockdown due to COVID-19. According to a press release by Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Channappa, the Jayanti programme will be held in association with the District Administration. As part of the…
Expert team inspects cracks on Nandi Statue also Mysore/Mysuru: Authorities from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have done little to protect Mysuru Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s statue at K.R. Circle which is now cracked and faded, thanks to years of neglect. Cracks have developed in the face and neck of the life-size statue. Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar…
Nestled below the iconic Chamundi Hill is Lalithadripura village that was formed by Raja Rishi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. The village celebrated centenary yesterday amidst much fanfare. The village is on the eastern side of the city and though there are many villages surrounding the heart of Mysuru that have completed a century, Lalithadripura is special…
Statues of Nalwadi and Sir MV to be installed near entrance Srirangapatna: Every monsoon season, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is invariably or rather inevitably in the focus because if it is full to the brim, there is water for South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. If it is not full, panic grips the entire…
The beautifully designed Krishnaraja (KR) Boulevard is the pride of Mysuru built during the time of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the visionary ruler of Mysore. However, the above nameboard not only depicts the spelling of ‘Boulevard’ wrong (Boulward) but has also added the word ‘Road,’ while Boulevard itself means a wide road with trees on either…
Mysuru: A two-day seminar on the life and achievements of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar was organised by the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds here recently. Inaugurating the programme, District Minister G.T. Devegowda suggested the officials of the Heritage Department to come out with a documentary on Nalwadi to project the…
Mekedatu: The Shimshapura Power Generating Station (Shimsha Power Plant or Sir K. Seshadri Iyer Power Station) that has been continuously supplying electricity to Bengaluru and other parts of the State for the last 80 years, is facing the threat of submersion if the ambitious Mekedatu project is implemented. The Power Station was set up by…
Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar started Government Schools in State By N. Niranjan Nikam In 1915, the government passed an order asking the Head Masters of public schools to admit Dalit students with a view that no pupil should be denied admission to government school or schools maintained out of public funds on the ground of caste….
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