New war machines brought to Sunny Side, General K.S. Thimayya Museum Madikeri: In a landmark move that will draw tourists and visitors in droves to Sunny Side, General Kodandera S. Thimayya’s house in Madikeri that has been converted into a Museum and a War Memorial, a huge model of INS Shivalik, an anti-aircraft gun and…
Bengaluru man undertakes a patriotic road trip
November 8, 2021Collects soil from martyred soldiers’ memorials to build India Map-shaped War Memorial at J&K Mysore/Mysuru: “I have travelled more than 97,000 kms across India collecting soil from Memorials and homes of martyred soldiers; that will be used for the construction of making a big map of India as War Memorial in Jammu and Kashmir,” said…
War Memorial work handed over to Nirmithi Kendra
February 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has entrusted the work of constructing a War Memorial in city to Nirmithi Kendra in view of inordinate delay on the part of Public Works Department (PWD) to execute the work. Even the PWD has expressed its inability to carry out the works as it is tied up with various…
War Memorial at Mysuru: Granite stone arrives from Chamarajanagar
February 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A truck load of black granite stone meant for a War Memorial in city was transported from a quarry in Chamarajanagar on Sunday. The stones have been cut and refined and were brought to Mysuru in a 14-wheeled truck. The Memorial will be constructed at the five-acre Public Park (previously a Parade Ground) adjacent…
Mysuru’s War Memorial taking shape in Chamarajanagar
January 17, 2021By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: After a long wait, the construction of a War Memorial in city is finally seeing the light of the day with high-quality black granite stones being cut and shaped in Chamarajanagar. The State Government has already released Rs.50 lakh for the project that is estimated to cost Rs.1.41 crore. The…
War Memorial in Mysuru should not be termed as Martyrs’ Memorial or National War Memorial: Ex-Servicemen caution
December 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The city-based Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Movement (MEM) held its bimonthly meeting on Dec. 3 at Chamundeshwari Convention Hall, Bannur Road, Mysuru. Air Veteran Mandetira N. Subramani, President of VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust, Mysuru, was the chief guest. During the meeting, members unanimously elected Army veterans Prince Anthony, Shridhar and Maqsood Khan as President, General Secretary and…
Giving shape to proposed War Memorial near DC Office
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has instructed the officials to gear up for the construction of the proposed War Memorial in city. Addressing a meeting at his office on Feb.25, the DC said that the War Memorial would come up in a Park next to the DC Office at a cost of Rs. 1.41…
Rs.50 lakh released for War Memorial in city
November 7, 2019Mysuru: After a long wait, the construction of a War Memorial in city is finally seeing the light of the day with the State Government releasing Rs.50 lakh for the project that is estimated to cost Rs.1.41 crore. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the War Memorial that…
War Memorial & Wall of Heroes inaugurated at Sainik School
April 7, 2019Madikeri: A War Memorial and Wall of Heroes was inaugurated at the Sainik School premises in Kudige village near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district last Thursday. The memorial was built to invoke patriotism among students and to show gratitude to the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for the nation. The memorial comprises graphic panels, stone…
Vice Admiral A.R. Karve unveils War Memorial at ‘Sunny Side’
April 1, 2018Madikeri: The District Administration, Department of Kannada & Culture and Field Marshal Cariappa-General Thimayya Forum, together had organised a programme at ‘Sunny Side,’ the house of late Gen. K.S. Thimayya here yesterday to mark the 112th birth anniversary of the late General. The chief guest Vice Admiral of Indian Navy A.R. Karve offered floral tributes…















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