Place · Wodeyar capital · India
Mysuru
Also known as Mysuru, Mysore, Mahishūru
The Wodeyar capital of the princely state of Mysore from 1399 to 1947, interrupted only by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan's rule from Srirangapatna from 1761 to 1799. The Mysore Palace was rebuilt by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in Indo-Saracenic style between 1897 and 1912 after a fire. Chamundeshwari — the Wodeyar kula devi — stands on Chamundi Hill above the city, and the Dussehra procession from the palace to the hill through the Jaganmohan Palace and the Mysore market is the state's defining annual public ceremony. Srikanteshwara at Nanjangud nearby, and the Daria Daulat Bagh at Srirangapatna, are the two main sub-sites of the Mysore ritual year.
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- Authority & administration
- Tradition
- Standard reference and civic histories; INTACH and ASI records; municipal and state gazetteers.
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- 12.296, 76.639
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- Site withinChāmundeśvarī, Mysuru
Chāmundeśvarī, Mysuru sits inside Mysuru and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinSrikanteshwara, Mysuru
Srikanteshwara, Mysuru sits inside Mysuru and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
- Site withinSrirangapatna / Srirangapattana
Srirangapatna / Srirangapattana lies within Mysuru — the two sites sit about 15 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Srirangapatna / Srirangapattana is one of the specific sites that give Mysuru its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinMysore Palace
Mysore Palace lies within Mysuru — the two sites sit about 2 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Mysore Palace is one of the specific sites that give Mysuru its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Site withinMysorean rocket artillery
Mysorean rocket artillery lies within Mysuru — the two sites sit about 15 km apart, well inside the city's historical boundary and part of the same urban or peri-urban landscape. Mysorean rocket artillery is one of the specific sites that give Mysuru its layered character, and reads differently when seen as a stop within the larger city rather than as an isolated monument on an open map. The surrounding neighbourhoods, roads and other heritage ensembles belong to the same single urban fabric.
- Ruler ofKrishnarāja Wadiyar IV
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV ruled the princely state of Mysore from 1902 to 1940 from the Mysore Palace, which he commissioned to be rebuilt in Indo-Saracenic style between 1897 and 1912 after a fire. His reign made Mysore the most progressive princely state in British India — universal primary education, the Shivanasamudra hydroelectric scheme, an elected legislative council, state airline, and the land grant that founded the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore in 1909. The Dasara ceremony Mysore performs annually is the one he fixed in its modern form.
- InspiredMahanavami Dibba, Hampi
The nine-night Mahanavami festival that Krishnadevaraya presided over from the Mahanavami Dibba at Hampi was inherited by the Wodeyar maharajas of Mysore when they moved their capital to Srirangapatna in 1610 and claimed the Vijayanagara legacy. The ceremony is still performed every autumn as Mysore Dasara — the state festival of Karnataka — with the Wodeyar maharaja receiving the royal durbar at Mysore Palace in direct imitation of the Hampi platform's ritual programme.