Devaraja Market ~ Dyes
by Canadienne
Aside from fruit, vegetables and flowers, you can also find interesting stalls with pigments/dyes, incense and perfumes. There is one perfume stall in the market with a young salesman who appears to have mastered at least five different languages (including Kanada, which would be his mother tongue) ~ he spoke English and French with me, German with one of my traveling companions, Italian to two young women who were at the market. . .
His fluency was impressive. . .and good for business, I'm sure. :-)
Water Cascades down at Shivansamudra
by abi_maha
If you have half a day to spare it may well be worth your time to drive down to Shivanasamudra from Mysore to view this spectacular waterfall!
Dis from Mysore: 80kms
Height of the fall: 98 meters
Best time to visit: Monsoon (Aug-Nov)
Flower and Veg Market
by muddybok
Not many guide books nor web pages mentioned about this market. Lonely Planet however did stating this place as quite interesting, but to a shutter happy guys like me it's almost heaven.
In here, you'll see many activities starting from morning till slightly past noon. If you are happened to be here before 9am, you will get to see flower auction at the left-side of the market starting from the main entrance of the market.
The sellers will bring their "flower balls" wrapping in the clothes and arranged nicely awaiting for the auctioneer to conduct the auction. While the auction is carried out, the potential buyer will test out how compact the flower ball is and purchase for their retail business purposes.
There are some stores selling strings of flower rings ready to be used for worshipping purposes. You will see lots of bees flying around those flowers especially those that made of jasmine.
St Bartholomew's Church
by Willettsworld
This simple classical church was built in 1830 on land donated by Krishnaraja Wodeyar III to serve the civil and military officers attached to the Residency. Despite its size, the church twice played host to the visiting British Royalty - Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's husband) in 1889, and the future King George V in 1906. At the west end of the church, over the altar, is a large stained glass window depicting St Bartholomew which was donated by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV to mark the centenary of the church.
Nandi (sacred bull) on Chamundi Hill
by cadzand
Also on this temple are several images of Nandi (the bull mount of Shiva).
The best known of these is the colossal Nandi on the 800th step on the hill. This Nandi is over 4,50 m high and over 7 m long. It was created during the reign of Dodda Devaraja, who also built the steps leading up the hill.
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