Mysuru: The President of Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple Committee B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs will sit on a hunger strike in front Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office in Siddarthanagar demanding permission to construct temple tower (gopura) from 9.30 am on Dec. 23. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sridhar Raje Urs said this Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple is a…
One-man hunger strike for God’s cause
February 5, 2024At age 82, B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs was forced to take this step owing to shopkeeper’s refusal to vacate shop for facilitating construction of Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple Rajagopura Mysore/Mysuru: Disgusted with the adjacent shopkeeper’s refusal and defiance to vacate the shop for facilitating the construction of a bigger temple Rajagopura, the city’s Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple…
Three drown in KRS backwaters
November 20, 2023Srirangapatna: Three persons including an 18-year-old girl were drowned in KRS backwaters near Venugopalaswamy Temple yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Harish (32), staff of Mysuru’s Karunya Trust, Jyothi (18) and Nanjunda (19), inmates of the Trust, which takes care of poor children. A total of 25 persons from the Trust located at Roopa…
Renovation of heritage building behind Venugopalaswamy Temple in city launched
January 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: MUDA Chairman Yashaswi Somashekar performed guddali puja for the renovation works of 110-year-old heritage building behind Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple on Thyagaraja Road in city on Monday in the presence of Corporator B.V. Manjunath and Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple Trust President B.S. Sridhara Raje Urs. A stone plaque was also unveiled. Yashaswi Somashekar appreciated the efforts…
Central Railway Workshop conducts cleaning at KRS backwaters
March 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Central Railway Workshop undertook cleaning near Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple at KRS backwaters on Sunday. The staff, numbering more than 80 along with members of Vivekananda Geleyara Balaga, cleaned the place and collected plastic garbage strewn all over the area for safe disposal. The staff also created awareness among devotees and tourists…
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