Mysore/Mysuru: Marking Ugadi festival, a ‘Yugadi Utsav‘ was held by RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) at Maharaja PU College grounds along JLB Road here yesterday evening. Speaking on the occasion V. Nagaraj, RSS Sanghachalak, Mid-South Region, highlighted the cultural and scientific importance of the Hindu new year. The day also happens to be the birthday of…
Festival rush: Railways to run special trains up to Apr. 14
April 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Division of South Western Railway (SWR) is operating 20 additional trains from Apr. 10 to 14 to clear extra rush of passengers due to Ugadi festival as well as ongoing strike by KSRTC staff. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), SWR, Mysuru Division, said that nearly…
Ugadi heralds New Year Vilambi
March 17, 2018By Prof.A.V. Narasimha Murthy Yugadi, also pronounced as Ugadi, is a Sanskrit form of the Kannada word ugadi. It means the beginning of the yuga and it should not be taken literally because yuga symbolically represents the year or time which is eternal and waits for no man. That is why the popularity of the…
SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT: Yugadi
March 25, 2017Ugadi for Hindus ushers in the New Year which is celebrated with joy and happiness. Various delicacies are prepared as part of the festival and the new Panchanga is brought out. This year, it is ‘Hevilambi Nama Samvatsara’ and we at Star of Mysore wish everyone a Happy Ugadi and pray that the New Year…
Yugadi arrives again…
March 25, 2017By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore. Yugadi also called as Ugadi is fast approaching and people are already making preparations to welcome it. The word yugadi is a Sanskrit composite word, yuga and adi; and it means the commencement of a yuga. In this context,…
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