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…
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….
As 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….
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…
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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