Sotheby’s inaugural auction of Art of Imperial India here has attracted bidding from around the globe to hit a whopping sales figure of Rs 182,598,304.
The star lot of the sale, an extremely rare 18th century enamelled and bejewelled gold tray and casket (paan-daan), sold for Rs 65,819,539 (662,500 pounds more than double its pre-sale estimate of 200,000-300,000 pounds).
Over 90 exquisite lots reflecting the broad artistic traditions of Imperial India came up for this first-ever sale by the world-famous auction house, encompassing almost 500 years of every kind of decorative art produced in the region.
“The auction captured the attention of collectors from around the world, with the pieces attracting bids from institutions and private collectors alike,” said Benedict Carter, director and head of auction sales for Middle East at Sotheby’s.
“Interest in Indian works of art has been growing in recent years and the prices achieved at Wednesday’s auction bear testament to the increasing demand for desirable works relating to India,” he added.
A group of 11 works relating to Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan were among the prized collection, selling for a combined amount of Rs 38,689,470. Tipu’s sword, fitted with an English blade, was bought for Rs 97,85,999 by a mystery bidder on the phone.
An 11-bore silver-mounted flintlock duck gun from the armoury of the king fetched 88,900 pounds and a sword taken as booty at the Siege of Srirangapatna, of Eastern-European manufacture, sold for the same amount as well.
Among some of the other highlights included a gem-set gold pocket watch with a painted cover depicting Maharaja Mahendra Singh of Patiala, which sold for 62,500 pounds and a Mughal jade-hilted dagger (khanjar) and scabbard, which fetched double the estimate amount of 20,000 pounds.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / by PTI / October 11th, 2013
The couple at the welcome place are owners Nagaraj Gopal and wife Poornima.
A few days back I went visiting an old friend at his apartment to enquire about the post-surgery progress of his wife’s knee problem, the arthritis. There was good news, but it came along with painful periods spaning over two months. Some times I feel that physical pain of threshold level and even beyond, is more dreadful than death itself. That, no doubt is one of the reasons why euthanasia is advocated. Which is why the english poet Keats says that pleasure is often a visitor; but pain clings cruelly to us.
Anyway, having heard the good news, we decided to eat-out for dinner. My friend’s choice was the newly-opened hotel ‘Malgudi’ a ‘pure vegetarian’. Is there an impure or adulterated vegetarian hotel? His wife stayed back as there was climbing involved and she was not yet quite ready for that adventure.
Being an ardent admirer of R.K. Narayan I instantly accepted my friend’s choice of the hotel more for its name than any other reason. Being located on K.D. Road, as youngsters call the Kalidasa Road, there was the problem of parking which made me reconsider his choice. But he was determined to take me there and explained why. The hotel true to its name ‘Malgudi,’ a fictional town created by that famous Indian-english novelist R.K. Narayan has got its walls painted with images from the Malgudi town as described by the author in his famous works and also from the successful TV serials directed by Shankar Nag also titled ‘Malgudi Days.’
This was enough for me to shut my mouth deciding to open it only at the hotel while eating. After some efforts to park the car in the pouring rains, we got into the hotel where the owner Nagaraj Gopal and his charming wife Poornima received us with broad smiles and warmth. I know we were in for a free dinner. I know that in America it is a common saying that ‘there is no free lunch’ in life, meaning you got to pay for everything in life.
But then we are in Mysore where these days some newspapers are offering free advertisements or for a token tariff. Let it be. But I got a free dinner at hotel Malgudi. Thank you Nagaraj Gopal and Poornima. Food was good and came in a variety that needed three floors to serve, each dedicated to a speciality food. And the walls of every floor are painted with images and pictures of characters that appear in R.K. Narayan’s books and stories revolving around the fictional town Malgudi.
And as we left the hotel under heavy rains, my mind continued to engage instelf with the thought of R.K. Narayan who was fond of me. We used to interact occasionally while he was at his Yadavagiri residence.
I felt sad that his house built in 1948 here at Yadavagiri, from where he wrote most of his books, is standing there in a dilapidated condition, partially demolished, with a guard keeping watch. When BJP government was in power and K.S. Raikar was the Corporation Commissioner, the government intervened to stop the demolition of the building by a contractor. The house was sold by Narayan’s son-in-law after Narayan’s death on 13th May 2001 in Chennai. The government bought the house and the BJP government declared that it would be converted into a memorial for the great writer with a museum, seminar hall etc.
However, with the fall of the BJP government, there was no one to take the idea of the memorial forward. Just as it has happened with the memorial for Swami Vivekananda at the grounds of the almost defunct government NTM School after the new Congress government came to power.
This is the fate of a memorial for Narayan who is credited with bringing Indian writing in english to the rest of the world. His greatest achievement was in opening a window through his works for the world to see India and understand her.
Narayan’s works were acknowledged as of world class by world class writers like Graham Greene, Somerset Maugham, John Updike, E.M. Forster, V.S. Naipaul and others. Narayan has won many awards and honours — Padma Vibhushan, Central Sahitya Akademi award, Rajya Sabha member, doctorates and more. He was also mentioned for Noble prize for literature in TIME magazine.
Many may not know that Narayan worked for a time as a reporter to the Madras-based paper called “The Justice” dedicated to the rights and causes of the non-Brahmins despite being a Brahmin Iyer himself. It is significant that there was always a hidden message in his writings — about the injustice suffered by women due to the socially accepted practices, plight of students, domestic discord between husband and wife with the latter having to put up with the husband’s cruelty or non-sense etc.
And I feel sad that a city known for its cultural heritage is unable to recognise its great son with a memorial ! A Society which does not remember and honour its famous sons is doomed to remain static. No wonder we are already perceiving that atmosphere in our city. What the government or our city could not do to honour R.K. Narayan’s memory, the hotelier Nagaraj Gopal seem to have done in his own way !
Tailpiece: It is interesting to know how and when the name Malgudi, the fictional semi-urban town in South India was conjured up! Narayan created this town in 1930, incidently on Vijayadashami Day which we celebrated on 14th of this month. Indeed an auspicious day to build a town! It appears, his grand mother chose the auspicious day!!
The exact location of Malgudi is a matter of speculation and to my mind seemed to be either near Coimbatore or Mysore itself. The name, it is possible, could have been inspired from a real town Lalgudi on the banks of river Cauvery.
However, my host Nagaraj Gopal of Hotel Malgudi says his research showed that the name was coined by taking three letters from Bangalore’s Malleshwaram and combining them with the last four letters of Basavanagudi — Mal+Gudi=Malgudi. Howzzat?
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source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Abracadabra……Abracadabra / by K.B. Ganapathy / October 24th, 2013
Come 2014 and the more than 200 year-old bungalow of Dewan Poornaiah, Dewan of erstwhile Mysore State in Yelandur, Chamarajanagar district, will be turned into a museum to give a glimpse of his persona and achievements.
Heritage Commissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath has said that as per the deadline of December set by the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, which is overseeing the renovation works, the works are almost complete and added that they were now focussing on developing a museum at the bungalow.
The fact that the revenue administration adopted by Poornaiah two centuries ago is still the guiding force for administration in the State speaks volumes about his acumen as he not only streamlined revenue but also conducted land surveys in a methodical manner and we want the museum to depict this and speak about his acumen, Betsurmat said.
After inspecting the site, the Heritage Commissioner said that only about 5% civil works were pending and added that they were collecting the belongings of Poornaiah to put the same on display at the two-storied structure. He also said that officials of the department had contacted Poornaiah’s family members in this regard.
Dewan Poornaiah was a leading administrator who served under three kings namely Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan and Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar as Dewan before retiring, which was followed by his death in 1812.
He was also well known for his skills in accounts and proficiency in several languages, Besturmath said and added that the department was spending Rs. One crore to renovate and open a museum at the bungalow where Dewan Poornaiah lived.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 24th, 2013
The Rocket Court in Srirangapatna, which is in a dilapidated state.
Mysore:
The proposal to establish India’s first rocket museum in Tipu Sultan’s rocket court in Srirangapatna, which fired the world’s first war rocket during the Anglo-Mysore war, could make headway now with the new Director General (Life Sciences) of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr. Manas K Mandal seeming more inclined to make it a reality soon.
Dr. Mandal is expected to visit Mysore later this month with a battery of DRDO officials to inspect the historic monument in Srirangapatna.
Former DRDO Chief Controller (LS), Dr. W. Selvamurthy, had suggested the establishment of the rocket museum during his visit to Srirangapatna almost a year ago.
But after his retirement the project hit a road block as it had no takers both in the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Karnataka.
The DRDO plans to have a life-size prototype of BrahMos, a supersonic cruise missile, and models of a wide range of missiles like Prithvi, Agni and ballistic missiles, besides an original piece of Tipu’s rocket at the proposed rocket museum.
Additional Director, DRDO (LS) , Ravindra Kumar, says Dr. Mandal wants to treat the project with priority. “We will now pursue the matter aggressively and see that the project is realized,” he said.
Currently, the monument has many encroachments and a portion of its front wall has collapsed.
Former DRDO Chief Controller, Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, had in 2006 submitted a report on the pathetic condition of the rocket court and recommended that it be converted into a rocket museum.
Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, popularly known as ‘rocket man’ for his exploits in missile technology, has devoted a chapter to the rockets of Mysore in his book ‘Wings of Fire,’ underlining their historical signficance.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / by S. V. Krishna Chaitanya / October 19th, 2013
GRAND FINALE:Arjuna, flanked by Sarala and Varalakshmi, carrying the golden howdah with the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari during the Jamboo Savari in Mysore on Monday. / Photo: M.A. Sriram / The Hindu
A magnificent cultural extravaganza unfolded at the Mysore Palace here on Monday signalling the culmination of the 10-day Dasara festivities as the lead elephant, Arjuna, carried the golden howdah with the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari as part of the Jamboo Savari to the amazement of the crowd on its way to Bannimantap.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who arrived by a KSRTC bus, accompanied by district in-charge Minister V. Srinivas Prasad and other Cabinet colleagues, offered puja to the Nandi Dhwaja at 1.20 p.m. near the Sri Kote Anjaneya Swamy temple to signal the formal beginning of the Jamboo Savari. The caparisoned Naupat-elephant Gajendra and Nishane-elephant Balarama, joined by pachyderms Gopi, Prashanta,Vikrama, Harsha, Vijaya and Srirama, marched in tandem as onlookers, who included a number of foreigners, cheered them till they exited the palace gates.
A nonchalant Arjuna flanked by Varalakshmi and Sarala, marched on majestically, immediately after the 21-round cannon salute.
PUJA
Mr. Siddaramaiah, Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari and others showered flowers on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari in the golden howdah as Arjuna and company commenced the march from the precincts of the palace at 4 p.m. to bring the festivities to an end this year. The large crowd relished the moments and cheered the cultural tropes. Dasara marks a highpoint in Mysore’s cultural history even as the heritage buildings, monuments, temples, mosques and churches add to its glorious past.
The procession was a gala mix of tableaux accompanied by cultural troupes heralding the cultural diversity of the State.
Russian artistes under the banner of Brahma Kumari ashram from St. Petersburg, those depicting the royal families from Vijayanagar in Bellary where the Dasara festivities have their roots, Wadiyars of Mysore, Kempe Gowda of Bangalore and the Darbar of Ibrahim Adil Shah of Bijapur showcased their skill in front of an appreciative crowd which savoured the beauty of it all.
Some of the cultural troupes were stead-walking by a man dressed as Veerabhadra, Beesukamsale, Jaggalagi Mela, dummy dancers, Koragara Nritya, Donne Varase, Dollu Kunita comprising women participants, Lambani Nritya, Karadi Majalu and Chitaki Bhajan depicting sequences from the epic Ramayana.
Earlier in the day, the scion of the Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, performed puja to the Banni tree on the premises of Sri Bhuvaneshwari temple inside the palace as is the custom.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Jeevan Cinnappa / Mysore – October 15th, 2013
by Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore
All roads lead to Mysore, the royal city, because it is the time of Navaratri also called Dasara and Mysore is glittering with electric lights. Infact ancient Dasara of Vijaynagara times was glittering with gold and gold but our Dasara has substituted electric bulbs in place of gold. Even this is a luxury and a symbol of pomp. Actually it is called Sharannavaratri or Navaratri during the autumn season as different from Vasantha Navaratri which is celebrated during spring. In the former, nature also plays a role with good climate and the season of flowers and hence flower show is also held during this period. Navaratri is basically the celebration in honour of the mother Goddess, called by different names according to the role assumed by her in destroying the wicked demons who were tormenting the good people. It has been so arranged by our ancient people that the pre-navaratri fortnight is called Pitrupaksha or the fortnight of the ancestors culminating in the Mahalaya Amavasya on which day even the poorest of the poor offer prayers to their ancestors. Thus the ancestors are worshipped first and then comes the Navaratri, the worship of the mother goddess.
According to mythologies, the goddess amalgamated the power and prowess from gods Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma and Agni so that she could destroy the powerful demons. These demons had obtained boons from the same gods that they should not be killed by ordinary methods and persons. Hence the goddess had to assume special forms by ingenious combinations which could not have been imagined by the demons while requesting the boons. Thus the arrangement was such that the validity of the boons was not disturbed and vanquishing of the wicked demons also took place. The work Devimahatme describes in details the various forms of supreme goddess like Mahishamardini (demon Mahishasura), Kali (Madu and Kaitabha), Chamundeshwari (Chanda and Munda), Raktadanti (Demon Danti), Durgi (demon Durga), Bhramani (demon Aruna) etc. Of all these goddesses, Mahishamardhini, Durgi and Chamundeshwari are more popular. In fact as it is well known, our city Mysore got the name from Goddess Mahishasuramardhini, the vanquisher of the demon Mahishasura. Its ancient name was Mahishapura or Mahishuru which got corrupted by the British as Mysore. In fact southern Karnataka was referred to as Mahishamandala and this name found mentioned during the period of Ashoka almost 2,200 years ago.
Another significant feature of Navaratri, is the exalted position given to Kannike or unmarried girls. They are supposed to be personifications of the Goddess of Navaratri. They are to be worshipped as Kumari, Trimati Kalyani, Rohini, Chandike, Shambhavi, Durgi, Subhadra and Kali. Each one of these forms was worshipped and presents given to them and it is believed that the great Goddess would be pleased by the worship of the unmarried girls.
It is of interest to note that the Goddess of Navaratri was worshipped by epic heroes also. It is said that Sri Rama worshipped the goddess before going to fight Ravana and achieved success. Mahabharata heroes also worshipped the goddess and took out their weapons of war which they had hidden under a Shami (banni) tree and started their victorious march. Our kings of historical dynasties were not slow to imitate Sri Rama and the Pandavas in this respect. Unfortunately the history of Navaratri festival celebrated by the pre-Vijayanagar dynasties is not known to us as it has not been recorded. But we are fortunate that many foreign travellers like Nikitin, Barbosa, Abdul Razzak, Domingo Paes, Nuniz etc. who had the good fortune of participating in the Dasara festival as special invitees of various Vijayanagara kings have described in glorious terms even the minutest details of Dasara held during the period.
The most luxurious Dasara of the Vijaynagara period was held during the reign of Krishnadevaraya, the most distinguished emperor of this dynasty. The foreign traveller Domingo Paes was an eye witness to the Dasara of Krishnadevaraya which was celebrated for nine days from Sept. 13 to 21, 1529 AD. Its luxury and pomp can be estimated by the presence of gold images of gods and goddess and the rich gold ornaments worn by royalty and common women who attended the celebration. The speciality was that celebrations took palace both in the day time as well as during nights. One the tenth day called Vijayadashami, Krishnaradevaraya held a review of the army of the State. It was an occasion for Krishnadevaraya to exhibit his military strength in public.
The Wadiyars of Mysore are the cultural successors of Vijayanagara and hence celebrated Dasara on the pattern of Vijayanagara. Raja Wadiyar (1578-1617) celebrated Dasara at Srirangapatna and codified the rules and regulations in this regard. He even ordered that Dasara should not be stopped even if there was a death in the royal family. During the days of Kanteerava Narasaraja Wadiyar, Dasara became more glorious. Dasara became a grand affair during the period of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III in Mysore.
During the period of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV Dasara became a great spectacle and attained fame even abroad and it became world famous. Then came Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar who continued the traditional Dasara in a glorious manner. The last Dasara of this type was held in the year 1969.
The Vijayadashami procession held on 10th day popularly known as Jambo Savari was the greatest attraction. Govinda Vaidya (1648) refers to it as Jambi Savari, meaning a procession to Banni tree. It is said that there was an elephant in London Zoo and it was called Jambo and hence British called it Jumbo Savari and in course of time it became Jumbo Savari.
This is all history and at present Dasara is celebrated as Naada Habba with the procession of the idol of Chamundeshwari.
The government is trying to make it more attractive by innovative additions. But is lacks religious fervour and traditional glory of the days of the Wadiyars. In spite of all these changes, Mysore Dasara is attracting people in large numbers. That is the magic of the word Dasara.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Dept. of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore / October 12th, 2013
(Left): 1) Sri Suttur Swamiji, Dr. M.C. Modi, Ln. Nanjundaswamy and myself at the camp in Suttur. (Right- 2) Dr. Modi offering garland to Indira Gandhi during her visit to Mysore while he was conducting an eye camp.
by K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity
October. 10 is World Sight Day, an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment.
Having undergone cataract surgery for my right eye just a couple of weeks ago at the Sushrutha Eye Hospital in city by Dr. C.A.P. Prabhu, who runs it with his wife Dr. Pallavi Prabhu and as I turn 77 (on Oct. 14, Vijayadashami Day), it occurred to me to remember this day and offer my gratitude to all those ‘eye-care’ fraternity engaged in protecting our vision. The reason to mention the date is that after several years, Vijayadashami this year has occurred on Oct. 14 as per the Hindu calendar.
‘Cataract King’ Dr. Modi
When we speak of cataract surgery, the immediate name that occurs to our mind is that of Dr. M.C. Modi. A legend of his time, he had dedicated his full 90 years of life to provide vision to lakhs of people all over by conducting cataract surgeries and was rightly known as ‘Cataract King’.
Look at this description on himself — “Like a circus company I have toured all over India since 1943 to provide free eye relief service. In the process, I have examined over 10 million patients and performed a record nearly six lakh eye operations.” It is a fact, even when he was travelling by train, he would examine the eyes of the passengers moving from one bogie to another. While his wife accompanied him on a rail journey once, he was so engrossed in eye examination that he completely forgot about her and got off from the train at a wrong station leaving his wife in the train itself !
Gandhiji’s influence
The ‘human dynamo’ in Dr. Modi was triggered by Mahatma Gandhi (whose 145th Jayanthi was observed just last week) whose speech he had listened in 1942 at Beelagi near his own native place in Koppala district. Helen Keller had described him as a “light piercing in darkness in selfless service” at a felicitation in New York.
He was also decorated with Padma Bhushana award. “One man’s war,” a documentary on him, had been produced by our Information Department, directed by M.S. Satyu.
Eye camps in Mysore and Ln. M.S. Nanjundaswamy
I recall here Modi’s several mass eye camps held in Mysore in seventies and eighties when I was serving in Mysore. The person behind organising most of these camps was late Lion M.S. Nanjundaswamy.
An active member of Lions Club, who also became the Lions District Governor, having a motto ‘Gift of Eye-Sight to five persons every day,’ he had organised four major free eye camps in 1977-78 when Dr. Modi examined 34,320 eye patients and 1,342 eye operations were performed. Nanjundaswamy had become close to me because of the publicity support I was extending for this noble cause with charity undertaken by him and his wife Smt. Jagadishwari.
Their son Lion M.N. Jai Prakash, following the footprints of his parents, continued conducting free eye camps and serving as a Lion member becoming Governor twice.
A surprise visitor
I was greatly surprised one morning when Nanjundaswamy walked into my residence with Dr. Modi, who was such a modest person. My mother’s joy was beyond words. Even before she greeted him he made her to sit and started examining her eyes with his ready torch in his coat saying they are ‘perfect’.
After introducing me to the Doctor, both of them asked me to join them for the inauguration of eye camp by Suttur Seer. When I went there, they made me sit on the dais as a chief guest. A salute to them on the World Sight Day.
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source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / October 09th, 2013
An exhibition of old secular and religious Konkani books was inaugurated at Maria Jayanthi Mandir, Jeppu church premises here on Wednesday May 1 by Sahitya Akademi awardee Melvyn Rodrigues.
To the beat of the Gumott instrument, people gathered during the inaugural, sang an old folk song and thus the exhibition was inaugurated.
“The habit of reading good books is going into oblivion. As per the survey conducted in Delhi, out of 5000 lecturers belonging to 66 colleges of two universities in Delhi, 95% dont read any books other than those they want for teaching. Another 3% read crime, detective stories and literature on sex. Only 2% read real worthy books. This shows where exactly our country is heading to,” said Melvyn in his speech, “Our young generation is living in a fantasy world which is far from reality. Let these books enlighten them about the realities of life,” he said, and requested people to devote a minimum of half hour every day for reading.
Fr Nelson D’Almeida, parish priest of Jeppu church welcomed the gathering.
The exhibition also includes a display of antiques.
The exhibition is arranged to coincide with the parish feast of Jeppu church. There will be festive mass at 5 pm, fancy fete and cultural programme at the open grounds later in the day.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Top Stories / by DaijiWorld Media Network – Mangalore / Wednesday – May 01st, 2013
“May the Dasara festivities continue to bring in unity and harmony among the people,” said renowned litterateur Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar, in an interview with SOM yesterday.
Dr. Kambar, 77, who arrived in city yesterday at 2 pm, inaugurated the Dasara festival atop Chamundi Hill this morning.
Dr. Kambar said that he is penning another novel in Kannada, but refused to divulge its name as yet. Here are the excerpts of the interview:
SOM: How do you feel about inaugurating Naada Habba tomorrow?
Dr. Kambar: I feel honoured. The royal tradition is now being carried forward under a democracy. The Vijayanagar empire’s tradition was revived by the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, the Wadiyars. We must really appreciate the patronage given by them to art, literature, culture and Kannada language.
SOM: The religious festivities of yore are being continued even now… aren’t they?
Dr. Kambar: So, what’s wrong in that? True religion that preaches good things must be accepted. This is not only a religious festival, but encompasses art, culture and literature.
SOM: Can’t Dasara be bifurcated from religion and celebrated as Naada Habba?
Dr. Kambar: Why oppose religion? But too much religion is also not good. Mysore State had given the first people’s representative government. They also introduced the reservation facility which became exemplary for the country. People of different communities have been living in harmony here. There are some Mutts that have Samadhis of Muslims. The Veerashaiva Swamijis of the Mutt wear green cloth and visit the Dargahs for 15 days while the Muslims, wearing saffron, visit the Mutts. Why I am saying this is there should be no individuality.
SOM: Have you seen Dasara before?
Dr. Kambar: I had inaugurated the Dasara cultural programmes once and also inaugurated Dasara Poets’ Meet a few years ago. That apart, I had heard a lot of legends about Dasara, which I liked.
SOM: There is a dissent from some about the achievements of the Wadiyar rulers…
Dr. Kambar: The erstwhile rulers might not have fought wars. But their model of administration, foresight and public services are truly commendable.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 05th, 2013
Cheteshwar Pujara, Captain-India ‘A’ team, releasing the ‘World Cup 1983 World Cup triumph song” at Gangothri Glades on Saturday evening. Also seen are (extreme left) Lalchand Rajput, India ‘A’ team coach, P. M. Vijendra Rao, S. Vijayprakash, KSCA, Mysore Zone, Convener and Ashvini Ranjan, Chairman, KSCA Mysore Zone.
Mysore :
On the occasion of the 30th year of India’s World Cup triumph over West Indies in the 1983 World Cup at Lords, a song dedicated to the Indian team’s triumph, composed by Mysorean P. M. Vijendra Rao was released by India ‘A’ team’s skipper Cheteshwar Pujara at the Gangothri Glades Pavilion on Saturday evening. Both the Indian ‘A’ and West Indies ‘A’ team members were present on the occasion.
S.Vijayaprakash, KSCA Mysore Zone Convener and Ashvini Ranjan, Chairman, KSCA Mysore zone were also present. To listen to the song log on to www.vijil365.com.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 29th, 2013
