A file photograph of the Male Mahadeshwaraswamy temple, one of the most popular shrines in the Old Mysore region
MYSURU: The Male Mahadeshwara Temple atop MM Hills, a Muzrai temple, suffered a loss of Rs 50 crore last year as most of the utsavs and jathra celebrations were cancelled due to the lockdown and the pandemic.
The temple grossed the second highest revenue among Muzari temples after Kukke Subramanya in Dakshina Kannada district in 2019. The temple was closed in the last week of March and opened on June 8.
Sources told TOI that as a handful of devotees and VIPs were allowed to enter the shrine during festival occasions the entry of devotees for major jathras and utsavs were restricted, the temple’s revenue collection was Rs 25 crore, as against Rs 78 crore in the previous year. The Hundi collection, which was counted twice, totalled Rs 3.5 crore.
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MYSURU: As Mysuru prepares to usher in the New Year, the city traffic police have made elaborate arrangements for smooth flow and regulation of traffic across the city.
As part of the traffic regulations, there will be changes in routes, vehicular parking norms and restrictions on movement from 10pm on December 31 to 5am on January 1.
Invoking the Indian Motor Vehicle Act 1988 and the Motor Traffic Act 1989, police have called for ban of all vehicles on BN Road (Shivaratri Rajendra Circle to Chamarajendra Circle), Purandara Road (B Rachaiah Circle to Kusti Akada), Old Sayyaji Road Road (B Rachaiah Circle to Krishnaraja Wadiyar Circle) and Albert Victor Road (Jayachamarajendra Circle to Krishnaraja Wadiyar Circle) which are near Mysuru Palace.