Works on elephant shelters, sheds for Mahouts and Kavadis, permanent toilets underway Mysore/Mysuru: Preparations are in full swing at the Mysore Palace premises ahead of the arrival of the Dasara elephants. The jumbos will camp here for approximately two months, undergoing training and consuming nutritious food, till the grand Jumboo Savari. Dasara festival will be…
60 pairs of wrestlers take part in pre-Dasara event
August 14, 2023In anticipation of the grand Mysuru Dasara, a wrestling event was organised by Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Garadi Sangha in city yesterday. A total of 50 pairs of male and 10 pairs of female wrestlers participated in the traditional wrestling matches held at the newly renovated Maharaja Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Kusti Akhada (wrestling arena) in Sahukar…
Dasara-2023 will portray Wadiyars’ contributions: District Minister
July 20, 2023Bengaluru: Social Welfare Minister and Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has said: “The State Government has decided to celebrate Mysuru Dasara on a grand scale this year, by introducing the pro-people works of erstwhile kings of princely Mysore State to the next generation.” Sharing the details to media persons yesterday, he said that…
Reminiscences of Mysore City and Dasara Celebrations – 3
September 3, 2022By H.K. Shivananda, IAS (Retd.) [Continued from yesterday] Dasara – 1980 In 1979 with no elected council in Mysore City Municipal Corporation (now MCC), I was posted as the Administrator at MCC with an additional charge of Administrative Training Institute (ATI) as Director. Devaraj Urs lost power within a few months thereafter and in 1980…
Reminiscences of Mysore City and Dasara Celebrations – 2
September 2, 2022By H.K. Shivananda, IAS (Retd.) [Continued from yesterday] Student hostels Apart from well-known college hostels like Maharaja’s, Maharani’s and Medical College Hostels, there were several community-based free or concessional-rated hostels like Muslim Hostel at Saraswathipuram, Madhwa Boys Hostel at Chamarajapuram, well-known Anathalaya started by Thathayya, Suttur Hostel on Vanivilas Road (open to all communities), Bettadapura…
Welcome to “Grand” Dasara
August 28, 2022Are we well braced for a “Grand” Dasara that our Government has declared, in great aplomb and confidence, to celebrate this year’s Dasara beginning from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 in a “grand way”? Can we expect the vainglorious Dasara zing to be back after a gap of two years caused by COVID-19 pandemic? I…
Grand Dasara-2022 illumination: 110-km of visual treat
August 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Get set for a grand Dasara 2022 illumination where brightly lit main thoroughfares of the Central Business District — that form the core heritage zone, commercial hubs, important roads, circles and junctions — and a 110-km radius of major streets of Mysuru will behold tourists. The Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) is set to…
Make Dasara-2022 a big crowd-puller
August 19, 2022District Minister asks officials to come up with novel ideas Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar instructed officials to strive for the total success of Dasara-2022 which is being celebrated in a grand manner after two years of low-key festivities due to COVID. He was presiding over the Dasara Sub-Committees preliminary meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s…
Training for Dasara jumbos begins
August 14, 2022Nine Dasara elephants led by Howdah Elephant Abhimanyu walk on Jumboo Savari route after two years Mysore/Mysuru: The training for the first batch of nine Dasara elephants on the Dasara procession route began this morning with Howdah Elephant Abhimanyu leading the team. The elephants walked majestically on the Jumboo Savari route after a gap of…
Grand Dasara – A Mirage
August 12, 2022By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC This year, the Government in its wisdom decided to celebrate Dasara in a “grand way.” Excellent news for the general public, all the stakeholders of the tourism industry and the officials of course. Though I am a born optimist, of late looking at the way the Department of…
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