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’
August 7, 2019Bengaluru: 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
August 25, 2018Mysuru: 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….
Goddess Chamundeshwari Temple at Srirangapatna decorated with currency notes for Varamahalakshmi
August 24, 2018As part of Varamahalakshmi festival today, Sri Chamundeshwari Temple on Chamundeshwari Street at Srirangapatna has been decorated with Rs. 2,000, Rs. 500, Rs. 100, Rs. 50, Rs. 20, Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 currency notes totalling Rs. 5 lakh which were given by devotees for decoration purpose. The decoration was done by Temple Priest Lakshmeesh….
City gears up for Varamahalakshmi festival tomorrow
August 23, 2018Mysuru: 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
August 3, 2017Mysuru: 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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