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Mysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence. It is located in Mysore, Karnataka, India. It used to be the official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of Mysore. The palace is in the centre of Mysore, and faces the Chamundi Hills eastward.
Mysore Palace: c. 1897 Mysore: Also known as the Amba Vilas Palace, the original complex was destroyed by fire and a new palace built in Indo-Saracenic style was commissioned by the Queen-Regent (Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV) and designed by the English architect Henry Irwin in 1897. [54] Cheluvamba Mansion c. 1900 Mysore
The city of Mysore features a number of historical structures built before the Indian Independence as well as modern classical-architecture buildings raised since then. The history of Mysore city, in particular, and of the Deccan Plateau in general, spans across both the pre- and post-Independence eras.
In return, the Wodeyar family would become free to rule Mysore again. In 1799, after the death of Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the British reinstated the Wodeyar family on the Mysore throne. The Bhuvaneshwari temple (1951) and the Gayatri temple (1953) were constructed by the last ruler of the dynasty, Jayachamarajendra Wodayer.
Chamundi Hills is close to the palace city of Mysore. Its average elevation is 1,000 meters. A panoramic view of the city is seen from the top of the hills, including views of the Lalitha Mahal palace, Mysore Palace, Karanji and Kukkarahalli lakes. On Sunday evenings and during the Dasara festival, the illuminated Mysore Palace glitters.
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The city's main palace, the Mysore Palace, was designed by the English architect Henry Irwin in 1897. The palace's exterior is Indo-Saracenic in style but the wealth of detail inside is distinctly of Hoysala. [81] Domes, arches, colonnades and carved pillars, as well as its size, add to this palace's notability.
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