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Mysore Zoo was created from the private menagerie of Chamaraja Wadiyar X, the twenty-third Maharaja of Mysore. in 1892, on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the Summer Palace. Over the next 10 years, the zoo was expanded to 45 acres (18 ha) with spacious enclosures that are still in use. [2] Chamaraja Wadiyar X, the founder of the zoological gardens
Mysore is one of the most prominent tourist areas of India, known as the Palace City of India. [1] [2] [3] The Mysore Palace in the city is the most visited place in India, above Red Fort, Qutb Minar, and even the Taj Mahal as of 2006. The New York Times recently listed Mysore as one of the 31 must-see places on Earth for two consecutive years. [4]
Karanji Lake (also known as Fountain Lake) is a lake located in the city of Mysore in the state of Karnataka, India. The lake is surrounded by a nature park consisting of a butterfly park and a walk-through aviary. [1] This aviary is the biggest 'walk-through aviary' in India. [2]
The new entrance also features 20 computerised ticket counters to handle huge crowds. [96] The zoo authorities are in the process of restoring and renovating the approach road to Otteri lake, located inside the zoo. Post-monsoon, the lake attracts many migratory birds, and the lake could act as an ideal spot to view birds at close quarters.
ES 506 4-6-2 is the first locomotive at the entrance . An Austin rail-motor car; Several inspection cars, one inspection car is used as a ticket office. Two royal coaches that belonged to the Maharaja of Mysore. The Maharani Saloon carriage that has a kitchen, dining car unit and royal toilet dating back to 1899.
The Brindavan Gardens is a garden located 12 k.ms from the city of Mysore [1] in the Mandya District of the Indian State of Karnataka. It lies adjoining the Krishnarajasagara Dam which is built across the river Kaveri. [2] The work on laying out this garden was started in the year 1927 and completed in 1932.
The park, along with the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Madras Crocodile Bank and the Mysore Zoo, is slated to become a nodal point for captive breeding of endangered pythons in the country, especially the Indian rock python (Python molurus) and reticulated python (Python reticulatus). [7] The park also breeds mugger crocodiles. [8] [9] [10]
It is the fourth oldest zoo in the semi-continent. It spans across 66 acres of land, [ 1 ] and is hailed as one of the most beautiful and largest garden in Rajasthan. [ 2 ] By Maharana's volition, a horticulturist from Madras, T.H. Story, was appointed in 1882 to stock the garden with plants with medicinal values on the 66.5 acres of land and ...