By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 21st September at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla Paramparika Sangeetotsava, Ashwath Narayan from Chennai presented a vocal concert with M.A. Sundareshwaran on violin, K.V. Prasad on mridanga…
The Department of Food and Civil Supplies, which is hosting Dasara Aahara Mela at two different venues in city, has focussed on maintaining cleanliness, giving thrust to health, hygiene and other safety…
From key chains to massive idols, miniatures to murals... a nine-faced one to the one sitting on a Swan and in Gowri attire, the elephant-headed God can be seen in over 2,000…
By Girija Madhavan Mysuru is hosting Dasara, its most important festival. Elephants are brought from jungle camps to lend their caparisoned presence to the procession. Parks display pots of salvias, zinnias and…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In South India, Kartikeya is worshipped as Murugan, who stands on top of mountains. On either side of him stand his two wives,…
By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist Dasara is no Dasara without the Maharaja’s Palace. With a rich legacy of four centuries, both as a royal residence and as a centre of attraction, it has…
With ten-day Dasara festivities beginning today, Namma Mysuru that has over the years earned sobriquets like ‘Royal City’, ‘Heritage City’ and ‘City of Palaces’ has now turned into ‘City of Lights’. For…
Feng meaning Wind (pronounced as Fung) and Shui meaning Water (pronounced as Shway) are the two energies, which symbolise all the other energies existing in the universe. Feng Shui is not a…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan One of the distinguished singers of the younger generation, Vinay Sharva from Bengaluru presented an energetic concert at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla on the 20th of September. He…
By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, a well-known landmark on the Vinoba Road in Mysuru, was in news, after Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced that a hostel for students of the…
Caught between humdrum of city life and forest serenity, mahouts and kavadis yearn to return to the jungles By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Naavu Kaadina Makkalu...Kaade namma jeeva...Kaade namma Prapancha... These are the…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar A classic-car show attracts vintage beauties worth tens of millions of rupees and the owners who are worth aconsiderably more. India’s golden age of the automobile was when…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan On the 17th of September, young flautist J.B. Shruti Sagar presented a Karnatak flute concert at 8th Cross Paramparika Ganeshotsava 2018. He was accompanied by Mattur Srinidhi on…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A dramatic shift happened in Buddhism roughly 500 years after the historical Buddha. This dramatic shift is the rise of what is called…
Mysuru-born Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath, popularly called as GG, has been appointed as the Chief Economist at International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first Indian woman to occupy the coveted post…
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur The Hoysala Karnataka Sangha of Mysuru created a unique opportunity of listening to three generations of violin on the 17th of September 2018, at the Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan American born Indian classical vocalist Aditya Prakash gave a Karnatak vocal concert on the 4th Day of Paramparika Ganeshotsava at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla on Sept.16. Aditya impressed…
By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This was our sixth visit to Canada, the last one being exactly in Sept.2009, to our son and family who lives…
The two-day Mysuru Dasara Kite Festival, which began last evening, witnessed many people flocking the sprawling Lalitha Mahal Helipad Grounds to enjoy the kite flying culture which has been an integral part…
Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy Scientist Peace lilies, also known as ‘Snow flower’, ‘Spathe flower’ and ‘White anthurium’, are popular house plants. They produce charming perky snow-white blooms on long…
The University of Mysore (UoM) which is conducting flower shows during Dasara from the last 13 years has also made preparations to conduct the show in a grand manner on Kukkarahalli Tank…
By Team Star of Mysore With just a couple of days to go for Dasara celebrations, the District Horticultural Society and Department of Horticulture have made all preparations to attract visitors by…
World Heart Day is a campaign established to spread awareness about the health of heart among common people all through the world. A huge percentage of people suffer from heart diseases like…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Back in the year 2011, I went to an exhibition of Sudarshan Sahoo, master stone carver from Odisha, at Jehangir Art Gallery, and…
