Mysore Palace

Most royal families earn substantial revenues by transforming palaces into heritage sites and luxury hotels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had breakfast with the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru at the palace here, where the famous 'Mysore pak' and 'Mysore masala dosa" were part of the menu.

Lalitha Mahal Palace, a celebrated architectural icon built by the Mysore royals originally for stay of viceroys and other state guests and equipped with a hand-operated heritage lift imported from England in 1921, has turned 100.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the elaborate parade associated with Karnataka's state festival Dasara, or the Nada Habba as it is called locally - a massive draw for tourists - is likely to stay restricted to its starting point, the Mysuru Palace.

Shardiya Navratri 2020: The Mysore Dasara festival is one of the biggest tourist attractions during the Navratri celebrations. The 10-day grand spectacle is organised every year in the historical city of Mysuru. This year due to Covid-19, Dasara festival will be confined to the Mysuru Palace and the Chamundi Hills in a bid to contain the pandemic.

The iconic Mysore Palace was closed on Thursday after a relative of an employee at was tested COVID-19 positive, an official said.

The current scion of the Mysore royal family, which built iconic forts and palaces during its rule, has pitched for preserving the heritage of Bengaluru, including the now-threatened Asiatic building.

Palaces, temples, elephants. An irresistible combination for tourists in search of a colourful Indian experience. And all these elements come together during Dasara in Mysuru in Karnataka.

Mysuru Dasara is the official state festival of Karnataka, held every year in the city of Mysore or Mysuru.

The festival of Dussera or Dasara as it is popularly called in Karnataka began today in the city of palaces - Mysuru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ten-day long festival at the Chamundeshwari Temple, about 13 km from the city.

The Dasara Festival organised in Mysore to celebrate Dussehra 2017 will complete 407 years this time.

In a post shared on October 11, Mysuru's titular 'Maharaja' Yaduveer Wadiyar called out citizens who callously left waste all over the iconic Mysore Palace premises and commented: "Hope this blatant disregard to our most sacred building is not an annual feature."

Curtains came down on the traditional 11-day Dussehra festivities Mysuru today, with an impressive "jumbo savari" (procession of caparisoned elephants) witnessed by tens of thousands amidst rain, marking the grand finale.

Each time the 100,000 light bulbs in and around the magnificent Mysuru Palace are turned on - there is an audible gasp. This year, ahead of the grand Vijayadashami procession, the reaction was similar.

Nearly a year after he was crowned prince of Mysore, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar, a graduate of Boston University, will marry in June. The bride-to-be is Trishika Kumari Singh, daughter of the Dungarpur royal family from Rajasthan.

Most royal families earn substantial revenues by transforming palaces into heritage sites and luxury hotels.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had breakfast with the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru at the palace here, where the famous 'Mysore pak' and 'Mysore masala dosa" were part of the menu.

Lalitha Mahal Palace, a celebrated architectural icon built by the Mysore royals originally for stay of viceroys and other state guests and equipped with a hand-operated heritage lift imported from England in 1921, has turned 100.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the elaborate parade associated with Karnataka's state festival Dasara, or the Nada Habba as it is called locally - a massive draw for tourists - is likely to stay restricted to its starting point, the Mysuru Palace.

Shardiya Navratri 2020: The Mysore Dasara festival is one of the biggest tourist attractions during the Navratri celebrations. The 10-day grand spectacle is organised every year in the historical city of Mysuru. This year due to Covid-19, Dasara festival will be confined to the Mysuru Palace and the Chamundi Hills in a bid to contain the pandemic.

The iconic Mysore Palace was closed on Thursday after a relative of an employee at was tested COVID-19 positive, an official said.

The current scion of the Mysore royal family, which built iconic forts and palaces during its rule, has pitched for preserving the heritage of Bengaluru, including the now-threatened Asiatic building.

Palaces, temples, elephants. An irresistible combination for tourists in search of a colourful Indian experience. And all these elements come together during Dasara in Mysuru in Karnataka.

Mysuru Dasara is the official state festival of Karnataka, held every year in the city of Mysore or Mysuru.

The festival of Dussera or Dasara as it is popularly called in Karnataka began today in the city of palaces - Mysuru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ten-day long festival at the Chamundeshwari Temple, about 13 km from the city.

The Dasara Festival organised in Mysore to celebrate Dussehra 2017 will complete 407 years this time.

In a post shared on October 11, Mysuru's titular 'Maharaja' Yaduveer Wadiyar called out citizens who callously left waste all over the iconic Mysore Palace premises and commented: "Hope this blatant disregard to our most sacred building is not an annual feature."

Curtains came down on the traditional 11-day Dussehra festivities Mysuru today, with an impressive "jumbo savari" (procession of caparisoned elephants) witnessed by tens of thousands amidst rain, marking the grand finale.

Each time the 100,000 light bulbs in and around the magnificent Mysuru Palace are turned on - there is an audible gasp. This year, ahead of the grand Vijayadashami procession, the reaction was similar.

Nearly a year after he was crowned prince of Mysore, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar, a graduate of Boston University, will marry in June. The bride-to-be is Trishika Kumari Singh, daughter of the Dungarpur royal family from Rajasthan.