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Prose gone by.

India, Feb. 16 -- This is the first Anniversary Edition of Star of Mysore since the passing of its Founding Editor, K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), on July 13, 2025. As we step into the New Year (2026), we rev... Read More


Betel Mania Udbur's thriving betel leaf market

India, Feb. 16 -- Rapid urbanisation has pushed the eponymous Mysore Veelyadele - Mysore betel leaf - to the margins in many parts of Mysuru district. But in Udbur, a small village barely 12 kms from ... Read More


Mysore State joins the Republic of India

India, Feb. 16 -- Before independence, the British governed India through a dual system. Approximately two-thirds of the country was under direct British control via Presidencies and Provinces, manage... Read More


Granite Guardian of Mysuru Chamundi Hill

India, Feb. 16 -- For over eight centuries, the silhouette of Chamundi Hill has defined the horizon of Mysuru. To the casual tourist, it is a scenic viewpoint and a place of temples and the demon's st... Read More


Taking Shape.Gorgeous Jain Temple of Kodagu

India, Feb. 16 -- Nestled amid the quiet greenery of Suntikoppa in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district, a Jain Shwetambar temple is steadily taking shape at Hardoor village in Gundugutti Nakur - a loca... Read More


Tick Tock.

India, Feb. 16 -- City's vanishing tower clocks Have we ever wondered what would have happened to Cinderella if the clock tower near the King's Palace had not struck 12 and warned her of the time whe... Read More


Duct in Danger

India, Feb. 16 -- Mysuru, Feb. 16 - The aqueduct of the Varuna Canal near Old Kesare passing over Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway is facing a serious threat due to the open burning of heaps of waste and cabl... Read More


Over a Cup of Evening Tea

India, Feb. 16 -- My tryst with Mark Tully & the Radio! By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Sir Mark Tully, undoubtedly the 'Grand Old Man' of news broadcasting, said his last 'Good Night' to this world las... Read More


Loving a city that's forgetting itself.

India, Feb. 16 -- I was raised in Mysuru and have spent all of my childhood here. I attended school and college in this beautiful and amazing city. Though I have lived outside India for over two deca... Read More


Vintage Vignettes from a . Princely State

India, Feb. 16 -- On 30th December 1894, two days after the passing away of H.H. Chamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur X, the British Government of India announced the succession of 10-year-old H.H. Krishnara... Read More