Overview
- COSMOS‑Mysuru was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, November 13, 2026, and is now open for inaugural shows and public programming.
- The Sky Theatre uses a 15‑metre tilted LED dome built from about 6,148 panels and roughly 42.7 million pixels to deliver a seamless ultra‑high‑resolution display that differs from projector‑based planetariums by emitting light directly from the dome surface.
- Initial offerings include a 12‑minute in‑house show titled 'Our Home, Our Cosmos' in English, Kannada and Hindi, followed by licensed productions and plans for school visits, teacher training, solar observation and night‑sky events.
- The project was developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics with the University of Mysore and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Atomic Energy, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser and a reported Rs. 5 crore MPLADS allocation.
- Officials and organisers expect the facility to boost regional science education, research access and tourism while serving as a training hub that can link local students to national observatories and India’s growing space sector.