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Meet
on ‘Museums and disabled’ in Mysore
The Regional Museum of Natural History of the Government of India, Ministry
of Environment & Forests (RMNH), based in Mysore will be organizing
a National Conference on “Museums and Disabled” during 17-19
January 2008. The venue may be Mysore or Chennai...full
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Mysore
T. Puttaswamaiah, a master musician
Mysore T. Puttaswamaiah was one of the foremost vocalists of Karnatic
music in the early part of 20th century. A torch-bearer of the great Thyagaraja
Paramapara, he was a wonderful musician perfecting all sections of Karnatic
music. His elder brother was the illustrious violin maestro Mysore T.Chowdiah...full
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None to grieve
for this Jacaranda
It stood alone on the Dewan’s Road. This flowering tree was the
only Jacaranda tree, a nature’s living monument, left on this leading
road in Mysore. At the turn of the 19th century, Sir Seshadri Iyer, the
Dewan of Mysore from 1883 to 1901, lived here. He was a famous administrator.
He pioneered power supply in the then princely State of Mysore by building
the first hydro-electric project at Sivasamudram>>>more
The little
town of Mysore 200 years ago
In about 1800, Mysore was a small place located within the fortwalls of
the Palace surrounded by one or two Mohallas or extensions. Most of the
population lived around the Palace in small country-tiled mud houses>>>more |