Mysore Palace

Mysore is a city of palaces, but the most magnificent of them all is the Mysore Palace It takes ninety seven thousand light bulbs to produce this enchanting image of the Palace.

The Palace was hastily rebuilt with wood and mud, in a Hindu style. The Royal family moved into it in 1801. But this Palace was burnt down in a fire that broke out during the wedding of the oldest daughter of Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar in 1897. The reconstruction of the Palace was undertaken immediately and the Royal family moved to Jaganmohan Palace. The English architect Henry Irwin designed the new Palace and it was completed in 1912 at a cost of about Rs 41 lakhs.

There are twelve temples inside the Palace complex dating from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries and have varying architectural styles. The Palace is set in a carefully laid out gardens.

Light and Music:

Monday to Friday 7pm to 7:40pm

Place Lighting:

Sunday and Holidays: 7pm to 7:45pm

remaining days: 7:42pm to 7:45pm