myMYSORE IMPRESSIONS

Dinakar

MAHARANI KEMPANANJAMMANNI OF VANI VILASA SANNIDHANA The name of 'Sri Vani Vilasa' is to Mysore what Queen Victoria is to the British. Maharani Kempananjammanni of Vani Vilasa Sannidhana [in full] occupies as high a place as any in the annals of Mysore history. Her contributions to the citizen...

GVK

In her early years Rani Vijayalakshmi Devi’s uncle was the king. She was witness to the making of Mysore into a model state of princely India. We are talking of the 1920s and the thirties. Mahatma Gandhi called the Mysore administration a Ram rajya. Lala Lajpat rai spoke with pride, of its administrat...

Dinakar

Roads, lakes and localities were named after some persons. Devaparthiva Road, Gita Road, Subbarayana Kere, Karanji Kere, Saraswathipuram, etc. We use these names without knowing the backgrounds. I can tell a bit about Subbarayana Kere. He was my grandmother's grandfather. Bhaga...

Madhukar

I remember during the sixties when I was a small kid, whenever any one mentioned "Let's go the Market" it always meant "Devaraja Market" - no other market would do - not even the "Chikka (Vanivilasa) Market" (near Siddappa Square) - which was closer to our home in Chamarajapuram. We always enjoyed the...

GVK

MyMysore dot com has been up and about for nearly an year now. And we can’t say we have accomplished much, by way of resolving issues or actualizing ideas that have been published on the web. For the record, the sum total of our achievement in this regard can be put in just two words – zero, ZERO. Our site...

GVK

We celebrate every Mysorean who figures in our directory. A few merit a mention in the dispatches, as they say. Mr Konanur Ramachandra Rao Madhukar is such a Mysorean, for two reasons – 1) he is the first amateur radio enthusiast to figure in our directory; and 2) he belongs to a fourth generatio...

GVK

If Dr Devapriya Galagali of Yadavagiri has his way, he would turn his neibourhood pink during Tabebuia blossom time, in five years’ time. That is how long the tree would take for flowering, says Dr. K Javeed Nayeem. It was his Star of Mysore column that triggered Dr Galagali’s thoughts on havin...

GVK

Near the AIR station . We have it from Mr K S Yadurajan that Handihalla became Yadavagiri when a posh colony came up in the locality, and the earlier inhabitants, pigs, disappeared. (Any thoughts, Dr. Bhamy Shenoy, of Yadavagiri ?) In his newspaper column, Mr Yadurajan refers to a meeting with...

GVK

“Sir, we recently visited Mysore and found the Nandi atop Chamundi Hill fascinating. Can you tell us how much it weighs?” – poser to Karnataka finance and industries minister, Mr P G R Sindhia, from an eighteen something in a 29-member group visiting India under the Centre’s internship programme fo...

GVK

Offering ‘puja’ to the ballot box by a party candidate before the start of polling is a practice not uncommon in rural Mysore, says a Deccan Herald report. It happened at Monday’s polling (Dec.19, 2005) for panchayat elections. According to the newspaper report, a party candidate, along with famil...

GVK

Every year during Ganesh Chaturti family members of Mr Suresh Kamath, chairman and managing director of Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd, assemble for a reunion at Mysore. "We take our children to our old schools, college and other places that hold memories. I think this will help our kids find their root...

U B Vasudev

Read in Star of Mysore about the new centenarian of Mysore, Sri Bapu Ramanna. My thoughts go back to the Sarada Vilas High School days many moons ago. Ramanna’s house was on our way to the school. Whenever there was cricket, be it the Ranji Trophy, the zonal or the test match, his “galli mane” used to beco...

GVK

I got a government seat at the medical college in Mysore in 1976, and the moment I got down at the Mysore railway station I was confused because all buildings looked like the Mysore palace, says Prof. Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, a native of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, now at University of Leeds medical sch...

GVK

That is the heading of a Telegraph, London, travel feature. It seeks response from a feature writer to a set of twelve questions on a specified town. The write-up that prompted me to post this item happened to be on Manhattan Those involved in tourism promotion in Mysore (Attn.- Suresh Yer...

GVK

I have vivid memories of trips to Kukkanahalli kere to immerse Ganesha when I was a student in Vanitha Sadana, the years spent playing cricket in the Gubbachchi school grounds and many others. Wish someone can write about the huli vesha, Kamana habba celebrations in the field where they built Siddha...

GVK

Oct.7, 1881, saw the first meeting of ‘the assembly of representative ryots and merchants from all taluks of the province of Mysore’, held at Jaganmohan Palace, with Dewan C V Rangacharlu in the chair. 144 members participated. The idea of a deliberative assembly was mooted by the last chief commis...

GVK

The Wadiyars built 11 palaces in Mysore, of which Jayalashmi Vilas mansion (1905 vintage) at Manasagangotri is credited to Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar. It was a gift to his eldest daughter Jayalashammani, wife of the then deputy commissioner Narasaraja Kemparaja Urs. 1959: Mysore University acqui...

Vasuki

Is Information Technology invasion to nostalgic city of Mysore is a bane? What can this change doto the stable economic model. Do we need this change? Isn't it very much unrealistic depending on some economy which has no relevance to US? Vasuki

GVK

Visiting historical sites in Karnataka makes for a disorienting experience, according to Mr Sharan Desai, former state planning board member with passion for the study of history and archeology. He is quoted in ‘The Hindu’ as saying most of the lesser known sites he visited run the risk of crumblin...

GVK

Mysore has become synonymous with 'Dasara' festival. The Dasara festival celebrations have a long history and have been attracting tourists and devotees from round the globe. It is not only the mere pomp and celebrations that have made 'Mysore Dasara' world famous but the royal patronage i...

H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana

About a year ago I was drawn to the Amway fretenity by a well meaning friend of mine to use supplements which acording to him would lead me to a very heaalthy life and what is more that I could earn tidy bit of money. It would require some leg work contacting some friends to whom I could spread the message. I w...

GVK

The driver couldn't figure out what that one was. "Food? Many hotels," blurted a confused taxi driver. To drive in his point, the tourist in his guttural singsong voice again shouted with animated gestures, "We want Mysore culturallll food!!!".The driver fell silent, staring at the north Indian g...

GVK

( 'The Sunday Oregonian', Portland, carried the other day a write-up, by Kent Hartman, on the American fixation for using superlatives. This evoked an 'infotaining' response from a visiting Mysorean. We publish excerpts from his letter to Hartman.) Dear Mr. Kent Hartman, Your write-up provid...

GVK

Shri GVK, Lack of time does'nt permit me to check various web sites incl. mymysore.com which, in any case, I found to be rather meandering & boring. So says a NYC-based NRM, in response to my e-mail alert on a newly posted item on the web I thought might interest him. To put a positive spin on it, o...

Mahadev

Mysore combines with both old new cultures and trying to digest it. While there is big metropolis Bangalore just at a distance of 2/3 hours which influences it dominance, Mysore is struggling hard to maintain the old traditions. In the process it is question of survival of the fittest and fittest is a...

Mrs Chandrasekhar

I am Mrs. B.S. Chandrasekhar from Jayanagar, Bangalore. Chandra (googly cricket bowler) and myself are from Mysore. Chandra is from Lakshmipuram and I am from V.V. Mohall (Vontikoppal). I always tell the people we meet that Mysore is the bes...

GVK

I fondly remember travelling by road from Bangalore to Mysore in the seventies, as a kid in my grandmom's gray Ambassador. Very often ours would be the only car on the road for miles, whrring along under the canopy of trees. - Radhika Prasad, Deccan Herald.

GVK

It's the likes of Dr. B Nirmala who make a difference to life in Mysore. Dr. Nirmala, NSS officer, Maharani Science College, and her spirited students have registered over 2000 eye-donation pledges with the Mysore eye bank and research centre. Besides upholding the spirit of NSS Dr Nirmala's work i...

GV Krishnan

So ran the thought for the World Consumers Day on a signboard above the cash counter at a home appliances shop on Devaraj Urs Road. There was, however, a sting in the shopkeeper's slogan: Customer is King, And the King doesn't bargain

GVK

Mysore Palace Even the Buckingham Palace ( London) pales into oblivion when compared to the Mysore Palace - Ravi Shankar, non-resident Mysorean, quoted in 'Star of Mysore'

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	Sri Vani Vilasa Sannidhana (Preview) MAHARANI KEMPANANJAMMANNI OF VANI VILASA SANNIDHANA The name of 'Sri Vani Vilasa' is to Mysore what Queen Victoria is to the British. Maharani Kempananjammanni of Vani Vilasa Sannidhana [in full] occupies as high a place as any in the annals of Mysore history. Her contributions to the citizen...	Dinakar	2	462	Jan 10, 2006 by Capt. Anup Murthy
	Tribute to a Mysore Rani (Preview) In her early years Rani Vijayalakshmi Devi’s uncle was the king. She was witness to the making of Mysore into a model state of princely India. We are talking of the 1920s and the thirties. Mahatma Gandhi called the Mysore administration a Ram rajya. Lala Lajpat rai spoke with pride, of its administrat...	GVK	5	1105	Dec 29, 2006 by Bill Gates
	Old names of roads, etc. (Preview) Roads, lakes and localities were named after some persons. Devaparthiva Road, Gita Road, Subbarayana Kere, Karanji Kere, Saraswathipuram, etc. We use these names without knowing the backgrounds. I can tell a bit about Subbarayana Kere. He was my grandmother's grandfather. Bhaga...	Dinakar	10	1153	Sep 23, 2017 by H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana
	Devaraja Market: an 'I' view (Preview) I remember during the sixties when I was a small kid, whenever any one mentioned "Let's go the Market" it always meant "Devaraja Market" - no other market would do - not even the "Chikka (Vanivilasa) Market" (near Siddappa Square) - which was closer to our home in Chamarajapuram. We always enjoyed the...	Madhukar	0	298	Jan 3, 2006 by Madhukar
	Mysore dreams for 2006 (Preview) MyMysore dot com has been up and about for nearly an year now. And we can’t say we have accomplished much, by way of resolving issues or actualizing ideas that have been published on the web. For the record, the sum total of our achievement in this regard can be put in just two words – zero, ZERO. Our site...	GVK	5	641	Feb 8, 2006 by Dr. Mohamed Taher
	Mysore calling Madhu, ‘Do you read us?’ (Preview) We celebrate every Mysorean who figures in our directory. A few merit a mention in the dispatches, as they say. Mr Konanur Ramachandra Rao Madhukar is such a Mysorean, for two reasons – 1) he is the first amateur radio enthusiast to figure in our directory; and 2) he belongs to a fourth generatio...	GVK	0	403	Dec 31, 2005 by GVK
	Dr. Galagali’s plan for Yadavgiri (Preview) If Dr Devapriya Galagali of Yadavagiri has his way, he would turn his neibourhood pink during Tabebuia blossom time, in five years’ time. That is how long the tree would take for flowering, says Dr. K Javeed Nayeem. It was his Star of Mysore column that triggered Dr Galagali’s thoughts on havin...	GVK	2	525	Jul 1, 2013 by Anonymous
	Where’s Handihalla in Mysore ? (Preview) Near the AIR station . We have it from Mr K S Yadurajan that Handihalla became Yadavagiri when a posh colony came up in the locality, and the earlier inhabitants, pigs, disappeared. (Any thoughts, Dr. Bhamy Shenoy, of Yadavagiri ?) In his newspaper column, Mr Yadurajan refers to a meeting with...	GVK	2	334	Apr 7, 2010 by Anonymous
	The Weighty Nandi (Preview) “Sir, we recently visited Mysore and found the Nandi atop Chamundi Hill fascinating. Can you tell us how much it weighs?” – poser to Karnataka finance and industries minister, Mr P G R Sindhia, from an eighteen something in a 29-member group visiting India under the Centre’s internship programme fo...	GVK	1	318	Jan 3, 2006 by Madhukar
	Ballot box ‘puja’ (Preview) Offering ‘puja’ to the ballot box by a party candidate before the start of polling is a practice not uncommon in rural Mysore, says a Deccan Herald report. It happened at Monday’s polling (Dec.19, 2005) for panchayat elections. According to the newspaper report, a party candidate, along with famil...	GVK	1	301	Dec 31, 2005 by Madhukar
	Annual family rendezvous at Mysore (Preview) Every year during Ganesh Chaturti family members of Mr Suresh Kamath, chairman and managing director of Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd, assemble for a reunion at Mysore. "We take our children to our old schools, college and other places that hold memories. I think this will help our kids find their root...	GVK	5	432	Jan 6, 2006 by Dinakar
	100, and still batting (Preview) Read in Star of Mysore about the new centenarian of Mysore, Sri Bapu Ramanna. My thoughts go back to the Sarada Vilas High School days many moons ago. Ramanna’s house was on our way to the school. Whenever there was cricket, be it the Ranji Trophy, the zonal or the test match, his “galli mane” used to beco...	U B Vasudev	4	754	Dec 19, 2005 by Vijendra Rao
	Mysore-1976 (Preview) I got a government seat at the medical college in Mysore in 1976, and the moment I got down at the Mysore railway station I was confused because all buildings looked like the Mysore palace, says Prof. Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, a native of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, now at University of Leeds medical sch...	GVK	2	284	Dec 19, 2005 by Vijendra Rao
	My kind of town (Preview) That is the heading of a Telegraph, London, travel feature. It seeks response from a feature writer to a set of twelve questions on a specified town. The write-up that prompted me to post this item happened to be on Manhattan Those involved in tourism promotion in Mysore (Attn.- Suresh Yer...	GVK	0	305	Nov 15, 2005 by GVK
	The Mysore I cherish (Preview) I have vivid memories of trips to Kukkanahalli kere to immerse Ganesha when I was a student in Vanitha Sadana, the years spent playing cricket in the Gubbachchi school grounds and many others. Wish someone can write about the huli vesha, Kamana habba celebrations in the field where they built Siddha...	GVK	9	3404	May 8, 2010 by Srividya
	People power in Mysore since 1881 (Preview) Oct.7, 1881, saw the first meeting of ‘the assembly of representative ryots and merchants from all taluks of the province of Mysore’, held at Jaganmohan Palace, with Dewan C V Rangacharlu in the chair. 144 members participated. The idea of a deliberative assembly was mooted by the last chief commis...	GVK	0	312	Nov 11, 2005 by GVK
	The Wadiyar legacy (Preview) The Wadiyars built 11 palaces in Mysore, of which Jayalashmi Vilas mansion (1905 vintage) at Manasagangotri is credited to Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar. It was a gift to his eldest daughter Jayalashammani, wife of the then deputy commissioner Narasaraja Kemparaja Urs. 1959: Mysore University acqui...	GVK	2	536	Jan 5, 2006 by Dinakar
	IT Invasion (Preview) Is Information Technology invasion to nostalgic city of Mysore is a bane? What can this change doto the stable economic model. Do we need this change? Isn't it very much unrealistic depending on some economy which has no relevance to US? Vasuki	Vasuki	0	286	Nov 5, 2005 by Vasuki
	A Disorienting Experience (Preview) Visiting historical sites in Karnataka makes for a disorienting experience, according to Mr Sharan Desai, former state planning board member with passion for the study of history and archeology. He is quoted in ‘The Hindu’ as saying most of the lesser known sites he visited run the risk of crumblin...	GVK	0	264	Oct 17, 2005 by GVK
	Mysore Dasara (Preview) Mysore has become synonymous with 'Dasara' festival. The Dasara festival celebrations have a long history and have been attracting tourists and devotees from round the globe. It is not only the mere pomp and celebrations that have made 'Mysore Dasara' world famous but the royal patronage i...	GVK	0	227	Oct 5, 2005 by GVK
	Amways-Subtle game of PR work to waylay on golden path leading to nowhere (Preview) About a year ago I was drawn to the Amway fretenity by a well meaning friend of mine to use supplements which acording to him would lead me to a very heaalthy life and what is more that I could earn tidy bit of money. It would require some leg work contacting some friends to whom I could spread the message. I w...	H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana	1	438	Jan 3, 2006 by Anonymous - a scam victim
	A tourist seeking 'Mysore cultural food' (Preview) The driver couldn't figure out what that one was. "Food? Many hotels," blurted a confused taxi driver. To drive in his point, the tourist in his guttural singsong voice again shouted with animated gestures, "We want Mysore culturallll food!!!".The driver fell silent, staring at the north Indian g...	GVK	0	312	May 28, 2005 by GVK
	'Modest' Mysorean in 'Awesome' America (Preview) ( 'The Sunday Oregonian', Portland, carried the other day a write-up, by Kent Hartman, on the American fixation for using superlatives. This evoked an 'infotaining' response from a visiting Mysorean. We publish excerpts from his letter to Hartman.) Dear Mr. Kent Hartman, Your write-up provid...	GVK	3	507	Oct 31, 2005 by K.A. Somaskekara
	MyMysore is a Bore (Preview) Shri GVK, Lack of time does'nt permit me to check various web sites incl. mymysore.com which, in any case, I found to be rather meandering & boring. So says a NYC-based NRM, in response to my e-mail alert on a newly posted item on the web I thought might interest him. To put a positive spin on it, o...	GVK	3	314	Jan 3, 2006 by Madhukar
	Melting pot of cultures (Preview) Mysore combines with both old new cultures and trying to digest it. While there is big metropolis Bangalore just at a distance of 2/3 hours which influences it dominance, Mysore is struggling hard to maintain the old traditions. In the process it is question of survival of the fittest and fittest is a...	Mahadev	0	277	Apr 6, 2005 by Mahadev
	Mysore, the Best City (Preview) I am Mrs. B.S. Chandrasekhar from Jayanagar, Bangalore. Chandra (googly cricket bowler) and myself are from Mysore. Chandra is from Lakshmipuram and I am from V.V. Mohall (Vontikoppal). I always tell the people we meet that Mysore is the bes...	Mrs Chandrasekhar	1	436	Jun 6, 2005 by GVK
	A Road Back in Time (Preview) I fondly remember travelling by road from Bangalore to Mysore in the seventies, as a kid in my grandmom's gray Ambassador. Very often ours would be the only car on the road for miles, whrring along under the canopy of trees. - Radhika Prasad, Deccan Herald.	GVK	0	285	Mar 29, 2005 by GVK
	Mysore Excels in NSS Spirit (Preview) It's the likes of Dr. B Nirmala who make a difference to life in Mysore. Dr. Nirmala, NSS officer, Maharani Science College, and her spirited students have registered over 2000 eye-donation pledges with the Mysore eye bank and research centre. Besides upholding the spirit of NSS Dr Nirmala's work i...	GVK	0	749	Mar 29, 2005 by GVK
	Customer in King (Preview) So ran the thought for the World Consumers Day on a signboard above the cash counter at a home appliances shop on Devaraj Urs Road. There was, however, a sting in the shopkeeper's slogan: Customer is King, And the King doesn't bargain	GV Krishnan	0	334	Mar 29, 2005 by GV Krishnan
	Mysore Palace (Preview) Mysore Palace Even the Buckingham Palace ( London) pales into oblivion when compared to the Mysore Palace - Ravi Shankar, non-resident Mysorean, quoted in 'Star of Mysore'	GVK	0	391	Mar 29, 2005 by GVK
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