To present “Fifty Years Long Term Service Jewel” to city's senior-most Freemason
Mysore/Mysuru: Free-masonry is an ancient institution and is said to have emerged out of the stonemason guilds of the Middle Ages. Modern Freemasonry began in 1717 with the founding of the Grand Lodge — an Association of Masonic Lodges — in England. The first American Lodge was founded in Boston in 1733. Freemasonry came to India in 1730 with officers of the East Indian Company holding their meetings in Fort William, Calcutta. It was also patronised by military officers and Bengali elite class. The Association of Freemasons are called Lodges and the place of their meetings are called Temples.
