Mysore — ”The Palace City of India”

Manisha
5 min readDec 28, 2016

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Mysore is the second largest city of the Karnataka. Mysore is the most important tourist center of Karnataka state in India. Mysore is also known as “The Palace City of India”. The Mysore Palace is most visited monuments in India. The best time to visit the Mysore Palace is on the national holidays and the festive days. Some of the other major tourist attraction in Mysore are Brindavan Garden, Chamundi Hills, St. Philomena’s Church, Mysore Rail Museum, Wax Museum, Karanji Lake, Jagamohan Palace.

Mysore Palace
Mysore Palace is one of the largest monuments in the India. Also known as Amba Vilas, it is located in the heart of the city of Mysore.The palace is surrounded by a large garden. It is the one of the Best Palace in India. The lighted palace on Sunday evening is also real treats to watch. Dussehra festival is most important in our country by making the Mysore palace most beautiful with fine decoration.

Brindavan Garden
Brindavan Garden is the one of the most beautifully laid out terrace garden in the world. The garden is enriched with flowers, trees, terraces, shrubs, fountains, green lawn, cascading water channel. This garden has a beautiful botanic park and it is one of the important tourist spots of India.

Krishnaraja Sagar Dam
The Krishnaraja Sagar Dam is the Famous Dam in South lndia. It is visited by 2 million people in a year. Mysore, the reservoir is the main source of drinking water for all Mysore city and whole Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka.

Chamundi Hills
Chamundi Hills is about 13 km from Mysore. This is the oldest temple on the hills. A top of the hill the famous Sri Chamundeswari Temple. ‘Chamundi’ or ‘Durga’ is the fierce form of ‘Shakti’ Chamundi hills is not only famous in India but also in abroad. A large number of devotees from all over the country and abroad visit the temple every year. They believe that the goddess fulfills their aspirations and desires. Chamundi hills is close to Palace of Mysore.

St.Philomena’s Church
St.Philomena’s Church is a church built in the honor of St.Philomena in the city of Mysore. The main attraction of the church is its twin spires with a height of 175 feet, which can be spotted even from a mile away. The design of spires is similar to St. Patrick’s Church which is in New York. Each spire has a cross adorned on it with a height of 12 feet. It is said that St. Philomena was the daughter of a monarch of a small state in Greece. Monarch was childless, hence the couple prayed there for a child.

Mysore Rail Museum

Mysore Rail Museum is the second museum, after the National Railway museum which is located in New Delhi. This museum is having rich collection of photographs and a wide range of lights, tickets, ticketing machines, signal sign, clock. Each item represents various stages of Indian Railway. Rail museum is located near the Mysore Railway Station. There is a mini train, operating on a battery that takes visitors around the grounds of Museum. The train is especially popular among the children.

Wax Museum — Melody World
Mysore tourist places offer a variety of attractions. The Wax Museum is a place for enjoying and appreciating the beautiful creations. Wax Museum is based on music, each and every musical instrument it reflects the diverse kinds of musical instruments that have been in use across various parts of the country since ancient times. This is a one of its kind wax museum in the whole world.

Karanji Lake
Karanji lake was built by King of Mysore over 100 years ago back. Karanji means ‘fountain’ in Kannada. It is regarded as one of the biggest lakes in Karnataka. Karanji Lake has butterfly park housing a large variety of plants species to attract butterflies. Karanji Lake also includes children corner and boating facilities.

Jaganmohan Palace
The Jaganmohan Palace in Mysore is one of the oldest buildings in Mysore. Today this art gallery is considered one of the best in South India. This museum has old artifacts from the royal families of Mysore. An interesting place to spend time with family.

Over the years Mysore city as attracted tourists from all over the world.Mysore is a major tourist destination to visit in India.

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