A popular city near Bangalore, Mysore is a clean and green with a good climate. Your city tour of Mysore starts with a visit to the Amba Vilas Palace or the Mysore palace, the erstwhile seat of the Wodeyars of Mysore.. This beautiful Indo Saracenic Palace with its kaleidoscope of stained glass mirrors etc.is full of memorabilia of the royal family . The next stop is the Sri Chamundeswari Temple on top of the 1000 m Chamundi Hill. The temple is dominated by the massive gopuram. Very near the temple is the huge statue of Nandi the bull, standing five metres high and carved out of solid rock. The last stop on your tour of the city is the Jayachamarajendra museum with its paintings of Ravi Varma.
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