A heritage walk to know Mysuru better

BENGALURU: Some very interesting facts about heritage structures and astonishing anecdotes associated with them, shared by experts of the city, Mr N. S. Rangaraju and Mr Eechanur Kumar, impressed not only Kemi, a student of Teresian College, but even Dasharath Rai, a resident of Mysuru and over 300 others, during a walk organized by the district administration alongside these structures on Wednesday.

IT & BT minister S. R. Patil, who inaugurated the walk at Town Hall, walked along with participants covering pavilion of Chamaraja Wadiyar X, Mysuru Palace till Krishnaraja Pavilion circle.

Police commissioner, Dr Dayanand, too joined them and inspired the folk.

But, despite Mysuru being declared a ‘heritage city,’ 201 buildings await the tag, except for over 38 buildings in Mysuru district with hardly 12 within the city are being declared as heritage buildings by the government. The proposed amendment of section 13E of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act 1961 to have necessary guidelines for identification of heritage buildings is pending with government, according to highly placed official sources who participated in the walk on Wednesday.

The walk culminated near the building which houses Cauvery emporium, after covering the small clock tower, Devraja market, KR Hospital and Mysuru Medical College. The walk would be held on Thursday too.