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The University emblem is adapted from the Royal Emblem of Mysore. It depicts the bird Gandabherunda flanked on either side by the lion-elephant Sharabha (mythical creature believed to be stronger than the lion and the elephant, and upholder of righteousness), surmounted by a lion.
About Our University. The University of Mysore was established on July 27, 1916. It is the sixth oldest in the country and the first in the state of Karnataka. Also, in a sense it is the first university of the country to be established outside the limits of the British India.
The motto of the University is well engraved on its emblem: (depicting the bird ‘Gandabherunda’ flanked on either side by lion-elephant Sharaba – a mythical creature believed to be stronger than lion and the elephant and the upholder of righteousness) that “Nothing is equal to knowledge” (“Na hi Jnanena Sadrisham” - an excerpt from Rigveda) and ...
The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
UOM-Library. Historical Background. University of Mysore is one of the oldest prestigious and foremost centre of higher education in the Country. The motto of the University, as engraved on its emblem “Nothing is Equal to Knowledge” (ನಹಿ ಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ) and “I always uphold the Truth”.
The mission of the University of Mysore, laid down in the 1916 regulations published in the Mysore Gazette Extraordinary, aims at ‘promoting teaching and research in conventional and traditional domains of Arts, Humanities, Pure and Applied Sciences and Professional disciplines’.
The University emblem is adapted from the Royal Emblem of Mysore. It depicts the bird Gandabherunda flanked on either side by the lion-elephant Sharabha (mythical creature believed to be stronger than the lion and the elephant, and upholder of righteousness), surmounted by a lion.
