Mathrumandali Circle News Today

Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of Mahashivarathri festival tomorrow (Mar.11), all Shiva temples in city are being spruced up. The festival is celebrated in honour of Lord Shiva by chanting of prayers, fasting and meditation, Jaagaran (an all night vigil) and pujas. All temples in the Palace premises were cleaned today. Special pujas will be performed at the famed Trineshwaraswamy temple in the Palace premises. A day before the festival, the Chinnada Kolaga (Golden Mask) was brought from the District Tre...

Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of Makara Sankranti, an important harvest festival dedicated to the Sun God, people thronged the markets across the city and residential areas this morning to shop for the festival, which will be celebrated tomorrow. Large number of buyers, particularly women were seen flooding the Devaraja Market to buy each individual ingredients of yellu-bella, a special mixture of sesame seeds to be mixed with groundnut, dry coconut (kobbari), roasted chana (hurigadale) and jaggery. He...

Mysore/Mysuru: With the counting of votes for GP elections to take place at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management for Women on Valmiki Road in Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) tomorrow, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has ordered traffic diversion around the centre from 6 am to 10 pm tomorrow (Dec.30).  Accordingly, movement of vehicles of all types has been banned on the stretch of  Valmiki Road from Hunsur Road Junction till Kalidasa Road Junction.Similarly, movement of ve...