MYSURU PALACE - REVISITED

 Saturday, 14th May 2022

Visiting Mysuru Palace, Mysuru

The present Mysuru Palace was completed in 1912 and at a cost of Rs. 41,47,913 the result was the Mysuru Palace you see standing today. A masterpiece in Indo-Saracenic architecture, on par with great Mughal residences of the North and the stately colonial public buildings of the South.

Designed by the English Architect, Henry Irwin, the Mysuru Palace dominates the skyline of Mysuru. A three storied structure in the Indo-Saracenic style built between 1897-1912, the palace has beautifully designed square towers at cardinal points, covered with domes. The Durbar Hall with its ornate ceiling and sculpted pillars and the Kalyana Mantapa (Marriage Pavilion) with its glazed tiled flooring and stained glass, domed ceiling are worth noting. Intricately carved doors, the golden howdah (elephant seat), paintings as well as the fabulous, jewel encrusted golden throne (displayed during Dasara) are amongst the palace's other treasures. 

The walled palace complex houses the Residential Museum (incorporating some of the Palace's living quarters),temples and shrines including the Shwetha Varahaswamy temple. The palace is illuminated on Sundays, Public Holidays as well as during the Dasara Celebrations when 97,000 electric bulbs are used to illuminate it.

We along with Ramakrishna, his wife Kavana, and Aditya (s/o Satisha Hunsur) were there in the afternoon of Saturday, 14th May.

The amazing part of the visit is the crowd, so much that they push and move forward, no patience and tolerence.

We spent about two hours going round seeing the palace, tired of walking and got out, only for the search of the car, where it was parked. After about half hour, we could locate the car and we left from there towards Hunsur.

More photos availabe in the follwoing Link:

https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOIh23IvFybZWZ7cowpHEuG-d729pD2Y8wcxnrK

Written Tuesday, 17th May 2022