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| '''Mysore''' is a city in the ]n state of ]. Mysore is the administrative seat of '''Mysore District''', and is the former capital of the ]. Mysore is known as the '''Cultural Capital of Karnataka'''. | |||
| ==Mysore City== | |||
| Mysore is at 770 m above sea level and 140 km from ]. One of the best (some would say worst) times to visit Mysore is during the annual nine-night, ten-day ] or ] or ] festival, which usually occurs in early October. | |||
| ] (named ''Manasa Gangotri'') one of the oldest universities in India is located in this city. Other institutions include the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Defense Food Research Laboratory (DFRL). | |||
| Mysore is also called the '''City of Palaces''', as there are many palaces situated in the city. A few of them are: | |||
| * The main Mysore Palace | |||
| * Rajendra Vilas (also called the summer palace situated on top of the Chamundi hills) | |||
| * Jaganmohana Palace | |||
| * Jayalakshmi Vilas (now in the University of Mysore premises) | |||
| * Lalitha Mahal (now converted to a hotel) | |||
| Even though the Government of Karnataka is now looking after the Mysore palace, a small portion of the palace has been given to the Royal family to live in. | |||
| === Attractions === | |||
| * The Mysore Palace | |||
| * The Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens known popularly as Mysore Zoo | |||
| * The Chamundeswari Temple and Nandi the Bull (on the Chamundi Hills) | |||
| * The Natural History Museum | |||
| * The Railway Museum | |||
| ===History=== | |||
| Mysore is believed to have been established sometime in the eleventh century, and became the capital of a small kingdom around ], which was a tributary of the ] until its fall in ]. Shortly thereafter the ] family took control of the kingdom. From the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, the Woyedar capital alternated between ] (Seringapatam) and Mysore. The ] grew to include most of the southern part of modern-day Karnataka. After the defeat of ] of Mysore in ], the British installed his nephew on the throne, and Mysore became a ] in ], and the capital was moved to ] after ]. The kingdom was acceded to India after its independence in ], and became ] in ], which was later enlarged and its name changed to Karnataka. | |||
| === Nearby Places === | |||
| * ] (Seringapatam), an island fortress-city that also served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore. | |||
| * The ] dam across the ] and the adjoining ] | |||
| * The ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Kabini: rated among the top five wildlife resorts in the world by Tatler's Travel Guide | |||
| * ] is an ancient temple town having a temple of historical & archeological importance | |||
| === Noted people who have worked in Mysore === | |||
| * ]. He was the chief architect of the Krishna Raja Sagar dam. | |||
| * ]. | |||
| * ]. | |||
| * ]. | |||
| * ]. | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| === Noted people who were born in Mysore === | |||
| * ], novelist. | |||
| * ] (born ]), ] of ] | |||
| ==Mysore District== | |||
| '''Mysore District''' is bounded by ] district to the northeast, ] district to the southeast, ] state to the south, ] district to the west, and ] district to the north. | |||
| It has an area of 6,268 sq km, and a population of 2,624,911 (2001 census), an increase of 15.04% from 1991. | |||
| Mysore District lies on the undulating table land of the southern ] plateau, within the watershed of the ], which flows through the northwestern and eastern parts of the district. The ], which was formed by building a dam across the Kaveri, lies on the northern edge of the district. ] is located in Mysore District, and ] lies partly in Mysore district and partly in adjacent Kodagu District. | |||
| Mysore is the rail junction for the district, and rail lines connect Mysore to ] to the northeast via ], to ] to the southeast, and to the rail junction at ] to the northwest. | |||
| == External links == | |||
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| *, an English evening newspaper. | |||
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