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| The Mysore Palace, Mysore |
The Amba Vilas Palace well-known as Mysore Palace is the topmost
attraction of the Mysore city. The palace is really huge, located at the
center of the city. The Palace timings are 10AM to 5PM IST, and there is an entry ticket of 40/- per adult. The palace has three entrances - East, West and South, the south is open for the public.
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| Mysore Palace Gate, Mysore |
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| East Gate Mysore Palace, Mysore |
The palace complex is spread across acres and is the magnificent display of Mysore kingdom's culture, art and
history. There are guides available but I would suggest to take audio guide for the main complex. The photography is not allowed in here.
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| Main Complex Mysore Palace, Mysore |
The main complex walls are full of colorful paintings of the kings, the
stories of Mysore kingdom and festivals of Mysore, especially there is a
huge painting of famous Dasara procession.
It has many unique rooms: The Ambavilas - The decorated big hall for private assembly, The Kalyan Mantapa - A huge octagonal hall for the royal wedding ceremonies, The Diwan-e-aam
- The common assembly hall. All these rooms have unique designs, huge
decorated pillars, glossy mosaic flooring, floral chandeliers, which
gives them a royal look.
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| The Architectural beauty of Mysore Palace, Mysore |
The palace showcases a lot of antique items. One of them is precious Elephant Howdah (Ambadi) made of 84 Kg gold. There is a Doll's gallery of traditional ancient dolls. The armory displaying ancient weapons used by the royal family. There are many European antique items too.
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| Children enjoying elephant ride in Palace complex, Mysore |
There are 12 Hindu temples surrounding the main complex, Someshvara and Lakshmiramana are the famous among them. The temples are having fabulous architecture and stone carving.
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| Temple inside the palace complex, Mysore |
As every year many thousands of tourists visit the town, therefore, hotels is the prime need and there are number of hotels and lodges are available. In Mysore, you will get number of hotels that ranges from budget to five stars and these hotels provide excellent facilities to their customers. You will get some of the best hotels in every region of the city.
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