By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers The weather is perfect... The green cover is just fine... And there’s enough history and wide roads to go around. Mysuru has whole-heartedly accepted cycling, the European way…
Asha Kirana Hospital, Mysuru, is commemorating its 20 years of service in the field of HIV/AIDS by holding a programme on Dec. 10 at 10.30 am at Shubhodhini Convention Centre in city.…
By Padmavathi Narasimhan Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, is bringing two music concerts and a Bharatanatyam recital at Nadabrahma Sangeeta Sabha (JLB Road) this month. On the 9th of this month, Vidu. Sharada…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Come Diwali, everyone revisits the story of this festival. It is what people do during festivals, trying to understand their origin. Some seek…
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur Bhasange Balaga or Bhanuvara Sanje Geleyara Balaga celebrated its 9th anniversary on the 19th of November at Sri Vasudevacharya Bhavana. This Balaga, which started with the intention…
Pelicans are large squat birds of the water bodies. Of the three Species of Pelicans in the Indian Region, the Great White Pelican - Pelicanus onocotalus; The Dalmatian Pelican - Pelicanus crispus,…
By Nisarga Srinivasa, a student of GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru. The legendary Kukkarahalli Lake in Mysuru is a treat to naturalists, as it homes a varieties of…
The end of financial year 2017-18 is fast approaching and the Income Tax on salaries shall be calculated accordingly before the end of March 2018 and remitted before the due date. Any…
By R. Chandra Prakash, Mysore Grahakara Parishat City Railway Station was built nearly a century ago when Mysore was way different from what it is today. City’s demography and geographical boundaries were…
The science of Feng Shui and Vaastu takes into account the energies radiating from the four compass directions — North, East, South and West and it explains in a simple and effective…
A hardcore RSS member and politician Anant Kumar Hegde is the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team. He is a five-time Member of Parliament…
By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer On Dec.3, the Moon will pass by Earth at a distance of 357,987 kilometres. This is known as lunar perigee and a normal lunar perigee…
By U.B. Acharya In less than five minutes of cumulative time spread over nine years, this ‘galloping leopard’ created history by winning 11 individual and eight relay gold medals in short sprints…
The first glimpse of Srirangapatna ruins as trains from Mysuru trundle over the bridge sets one thinking of the glorious past. A visit to the place, however, will surely disappoint most as…
By N. Niranjan Nikam The Gajendra Moksha Kalyani is said to have been built around 1,200 years ago as part of an expansion plan of the Ranganathaswami Temple that was built about…
By Girija Madhavan Culinary programmes on television help to whet the appetite for lunch or dinner. We enjoy watching how Nigella Lawson, Master Chef Australia, our own Sanjeev Kapoor or Vikas Khanna…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist It is curious that the practice of lighting lamps seems integral to Hinduism today, but it was not a dominant one in Vedic…
By M.L. Krishnaswami Ragavaibhava, Mysuru, had organised a grand classical vocal music programme by Vid. Sandeep Narayan on Saturday, the 18th inst at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha auditorium. Vid. Sandeep was accompanied…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Reading the news item “SWR GM joins volunteers in painting City Railway Station pillars,” published in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, I was reminded of an article I read…
By Dr. B.R. Sainath Iyer Hunsur Road in Mysuru is acutely curved for about 400-850 meters near Kalamandira to Jaladarshini Guest House and it has been like that for years. Accidents have…
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur The names Veene and Seshanna (1852-1926) are inseparable. His contribution to the field of Veena is remarkable. He was mainly responsible for spreading Mysuru’s galore of music…
By D. Lalitha Rao A few weeks ago I had written about how we were waiting for a certain happy event, now it’s in the next stage. It has finally happened after…
The Wu Lou (bottle gourd) originates from a vegetable. When dried, it is very durable and its shape renders it useful as a receptacle for medicine. Most often the Wu Lou is…
By V. Shourabh Sculptors are creative visual artists who, with their imagination, take various materials, which they then carve, chisel and model to make a finished sculptural work of art. A Sculptors’…
