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Rains fail to deter ‘Varamahalakshmi’ shoppers
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Rains fail to deter ‘Varamahalakshmi’ shoppers

August 8, 2019

Prices of flowers, fruits, vegetables soar Mysuru: It looks like the wet weather does not seem to deter the festival shoppers on the eve of ‘Varamahalakshmi’ as they thronged the Devaraja Market braving the rain, holding umbrellas this morning, to buy the important items to propitiate Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. People were seen falling…

Flashback 1999: ‘Swadeshi Beti’ Vs ‘Videshi Bahu’
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Flashback 1999: ‘Swadeshi Beti’ Vs ‘Videshi Bahu’

August 7, 2019

Bengaluru: Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away late last night, had a strong Karnataka connection.  For nearly 15 years since 1999, Sushma had made it a point to celebrate Varamahalakshmi festival every year at the house of renowned physician Dr. B.K. Sreenivasa Murthy in Bellary (now Ballari), from where she had unsuccessfully…

Proud Mom of Triplets
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Proud Mom of Triplets

August 25, 2018

Mysuru: Savitha, a resident of Vijayanagar, gave birth to triplets at State-run Cheluvamba Hospital yesterday as if to coincide with the auspicious Varamahalakshmi festival. Of the triplets, two are boys and the third one is a girl. Savitha is the wife of Prem Kumar. This was her second delivery and the couple have a daughter….

City gears up for Varamahalakshmi festival tomorrow
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City gears up for Varamahalakshmi festival tomorrow

August 23, 2018

Mysuru:  The city is gearing up for tomorrow’s (Aug. 24) Varamahalakshmi festival. Varamahalakshmi Vrata is performed by married women for the well-being of their family members, as it is believed that worshipping Goddess Varamahalakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshipping Ashtalakshmi — the eight Goddesses of wealth, earth, wisdom, love, fame, peace, pleasure and…

Varamahalakshmi rush in city
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Varamahalakshmi rush in city

August 3, 2017

Mysuru: Beginning tomorrow, the festival season has arrived. Women are flocking various markets in the city to buy puja articles, fruits and vegetables as it is Varamahalakshmi festival tomorrow. Everyone is eager to propitiate the Goddess of Wealth — Lakshmi — so that there is prosperity at home. Once the festivals are here, the rates…

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