The teak wood staircase at Royal Orchid Metropole creaks exactly the same way it did in 1920 when the British Commissioner climbed it daily. The hotel manager told me they polish it with coconut oil every morning at 5 AM, just like the past 104 years. After staying in 12 heritage properties across Mysuru, here’s […]
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Walk into the architecturally stunning Jubilee Hall at 10:30 AM, and you’ll enter the Oriental Research Institute, home to over 45,000 palm leaf manuscripts and 75,000 ancient works. Founded in 1891 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wodeyar X, this research institute at the northern end of Krishnaraja Boulevard gained international fame in 1909 when it published Kautilya’s
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Enter through the Varaha Gate any morning at 10 AM, and you’ll find the Mysore Palace Museum already bustling with visitors eager to explore the royal artifacts of the Wodeyar dynasty. The museum, housed within the magnificent Amba Vilas Palace, charges 40 for Indian adults and showcases centuries of royal heritage through its impressive collection
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Start your morning at 6 AM sharp at Kukkarahalli Lake, and you’ll join hundreds of Mysore residents on their daily 4.5-kilometer walk around this J-shaped water body. Created in 1864 by Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, this 58-hectare lake in the University of Mysore campus has become the city’s favorite spot for morning walks and bird watching,
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