An invitation from the Mysore Palace is always considered special and the recipient feels elated and a tad proud of royal attention. This even when the royalty is only a memory in our Democracy. Among the royal families of India, Mysuru is considered one of the very few held in high esteem by the British….
Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery to be re-opened to public on July 18
April 23, 2019Wadiyar Foundation to celebrate Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Birth Centenary same day By N. Niranjan Nikam The HH Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (HH SNW) Foundation is gearing up to celebrate the birth centenary of the last ruler of Mysore State Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar (Sri JCW) on July 18, 2019. There are a few programmes planned for the…
Mysuru’s first ‘Snow City Theme Park’ opens
April 14, 2019Mysuru: You need not go to Himachal Pradesh or Jammu & Kashmir to experience snow fall as you can literally chill and freeze at your backyard. Yes. The city’s first “Snow City Theme Park” was inaugurated this morning by member of erstwhile Mysuru royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. The Snow City has come up in…
‘Women must unite to protect their rights’
March 8, 2019Mysuru: Mysore royal family member Pramoda Devi Wadiyar called upon women to unite irrespective of their economic and social backgrounds to demand their rights and opportunities enshrined in the Constitution. She was speaking after inaugurating the seminar on ‘Women in globalisation era’ organised as part of 108th International Women’s Day organised jointly by Kuvempu Institute…
Visually Impaired on a Ultra Marathon
January 23, 2019Pramoda Devi Wadiyar is seen flagging of the First Ultra Marathon for Visually Impaired from Mysuru to Bengaluru, organised by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, in association with Pinkathon, at Mysore Palace premises this morning. Trust Founder – Managing Trustee G.K. Mahantesh, Trustee Vasanthi Savanoor and others are also seen. Six of the visually impaired…
First birthday of Aadyaveer celebrated at Palace
January 21, 2019Mysuru: It was a joyful occasion at the Mysore Palace premises here yesterday with the celebration of the first year birthday of Aadyaveer Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the son of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Trishika Kumari Wadiyar. Elderly women performed ‘Aarati’ to Aadyaveer in the presence of Yaduveer, Trishika and Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. Yaduveer on his…
Two-day Sayoga Bazaar inaugurated
January 12, 2019Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, who inaugurated the two-day ‘Sayoga Bazaar 2019’ at No. 2775, 4th Main, V.V. Mohalla, this morning, is seen with Sayoga owner Shruthi Ranga and industrialist R. Guru. The Bazaar will be open today and tomorrow from 11 am to 7 pm.
Preserve city’s heritage buildings, says Swachh Survekshan Brand Ambassador Pramoda Devi Wadiyar
January 8, 2019Mysuru: The heritage buildings like Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings in the city must be preserved at any cost. Otherwise the tag that Mysuru called the Heritage City will have no meaning, said Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, wife of late royal scion Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar. She was addressing the issue, when a delegation from Mysuru…
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar condoles Ambi’s death
November 25, 2018Mysuru: “Ambarish was a good friend of our family and we are deeply hurt on learning of his demise,” said Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the Royal Family. Addressing a press meet at her residence in Palace premises here this morning, Pramoda Devi said “Ambarish used to meet my husband when the latter was an MP…
Second Edition of Mysuru Literature Festival: Late Wadiyar had plans to open art auction house
November 21, 2018This session also was one of the eagerly awaited ones as it was about our own city titled “A class apart – Heritage of the Royal City” in which the panellists included R.G. Singh, Secretary of Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, Eric Sakellaropoulous, an inlay expert with his own factory and Michael Ludgrove, who is curating art…
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