Mysuru: The Heritage City of Mysuru has lost one more heritage building and that too on the World Heritage Day. The building, located on Dewan’s Road, was demolished on Tuesday (Apr. 18) by JCB machines.
The building was located near the Dolphin Bakery and it earlier housed the Manipal Finance Office. The building was among the 201 buildings that have been listed by the Mysuru City Heritage Committee. It was the place where Ramakrishna Ashram was started before it was shifted to Yadavagiri. Rashtrakavi Kuvempu was a student of the Ashram here. The small stretch of Dewan’s Road from Sita Vilas Road to Krishna Vilas Road has six heritage buildings. This particular building is said to be owned by a private party and after the Manipal Finance ceased operation from the building, no one occupied it and now the entire structure has been relegated to history.
