Mysuru royal Wadiyar family blessed with a baby boy

Mysuru: It was celebrations all around as Mysuru’s titular Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and his wife, Trishikaa Kumari Devi welcomed a baby boy at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

This is the first time in nearly six decades that the royal family has given birth to an heir. The baby boy is the 28th heir in the family.  The last time a baby was born to the royal family was in February 1953, with the birth of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar.

Wadiyar has thanked the people for their wishes and support on his Facebook page. “With the blessings of Chamundeshwari Devi, I am extremely pleased to announce that we have been blessed with a baby boy. I would like to thank everyone for their wishes and support on this joyous occasion,” states his post.

“Maybe 50 years and Dasara hold a special significance for the royals. Trishika is the third pregnant maharani to perform Dasara rituals in a long time and this is a joyous occasion for the family,” said Raja Chandra, the son-in-law of Jayachamaraja Wodeyar and brother-in-law of the late Srikantadatta Wadiyar.

“The term Mysuru is nowadays restricted to Mysuru city. However, Mysuru of the Wadiyars is almost half of Karnataka. Since 1799, the present districts of Davangere, Chitradurga, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, and Kolar were under the care of the Wadiyars. Earlier, even parts of Hyderabad Karnataka, Mumbai Karnataka, coastal Karnataka and even parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh were part of the Mysuru state. Due to caste considerations, Wadiyars are not given the credit for the development of Bengaluru,” said Urs.