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Mysore
About Mysore
 This charming, easy-going city has been a favourite
with travelers - it's a manageable a size, enjoy a good climate and has chosen
to retain and promote its heritage rather than replace it. The city is famous
for its silk and is also a thriving sandalwood and incense center, through don't
expect the air to be any more fragrant than that of the next town.
Until Independence, Mysore was the seat of the maharajas of Mysore,
a princely state covering about a third of present-day Karnataka. The
maharajas walled Indo -Saracenic palace is a major attraction.
Orientation
The railway station is on the north-western fringe of
the city center, about a km from the main shopping street, Sayaji Roa
Road. The central bus terminal is on the Bangalore Mysore Road, on the
north-eastern fringe of the city center. Mysore Palace occupies the
entire south-eastern sector of the city center. Chamundi Hills is an
ever visible landmark to the south.
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Population |
735,000 |
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Climate |
The summers are warm and winters are cool |
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Telephone Code |
0821 |
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Language Spoken |
Kannada, English, Tamil |
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