Mysore, June 3

Pathi Foundation and Ursu Mandali Sangha have organised separate programmes to celebrate the 128th birth anniversary of Rajashree Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar at different places in city tomorrow.

This was announced at a separate press conferences addressed by Ursu Mandali and Pathi Foundation President at Pathra-karthara Bhavan here yesterday.

Addressing media persons, Ursu Mandali President B.G. Choodachandra Raje Urs described Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar as an architect of the Mysore kingdom and announced that the 128th birth centenary of Wadiyar will be celebrated tomorrow on a grand scale.

As part of the celebrations, a grand procession of the portrait of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar will be taken out from Agrahara Circle at 10 am to K.R.Circle and the event will be inaugurated by DCP Basavaraj Malagatti where Gopal Raje Urs of Ursu Mandali, A.V.Vidya Urs, Leader of the Opposition in the MCC and Corporator Jaishankar Swamy will be present as chief guests.

The statue of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar at K.R.Circle will be garlanded, he announced.

Choodachandra Raje Urs also demanded that the government declare the birth anniversary of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar who had taken up construction of many heritage buildings at Mysore, Bangalore and other places as general holiday and also to celebrate the occasion.

Pathi Foundation: Meanwhile, Corporator M.D. Partha-sarathy, President of Pathi Foundation, told media persons that the birthday of Rajashri will be celebrated in a grand manner at Agrahara Circle.

Lauding the services of Nalwadi in implementing various developmental projects during his regime, Parthasarathy said that the celebrations will begin with a Suprabhatha at 5.45 am at N. Madhav Rao Circle in Agrahara, colourful paintings of Nalwadi by Nagarjuna will be unveiled at 6 am, to be followed by a Sudar-shana Homa.

At 10.15 am, a souvenir on the late Maharaja will be released, a grand musical programme by Vishnu Nights will be held at 3 pm, he said and added that at 6.30 pm, a Smarana-Namana programme will be held. A humour play will be staged by Mandya Ramesh team at 8.45 pm.

Mayor Rajeshwari Puttaswamy, Bhashyam Swamiji, RSS leader Venkatram and others will be present, he added.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / June 03rd, 2012