Mysore Favorites

Favorite thing: The Indian Rupee (Hindi: रूपया) is the official currency of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. (the Hindi copied from Wikipedia)

In India, Rupees that marked with ink and covered with scotch tapes are of common sights, but you still can transact with them. Of course some very torn pieces might be return to you and still you can pass it on to another hand soon enough.

Favorite thing: The Rangacharlu Town Hall building was constructed in 1884 in memory of Late C. Rangacharlu, who served his first Dewan of Mysore State. The Rangacharlu Memorial Hall housed the City Improvemment Trust Board and the City Municipal Offices in the beginning. The elevation is dominated by a projecting frontage of a pediment containing intricately carved motif. The premises is used for Cultural Activities.

Text from MCC's Board

Favorite thing: This ceremonial elephant howdah is elaborately decorated with 84 kg of 24 carat gold. The Maharaj had battery operated lights install to be able to signal to the mahout when he wanted to get off the elephant.

Favorite thing: One of my favourite memories from the Green Hotel was coming back to the room the first evening.

The covers had been turned back and the bved strewn with rose petals. On the bed posts were still hanging the flower garlands we had received on arrival.

Fondest memory: I thought this was such a romantic gesture, and the room was filled with a deliace aroma and a sense of anticipation.........

Favorite thing: The main Palace is a must see. You need at the most 4 hours to see the pomp and splendor of the way kings lived in the recent past.
There are smaller palaces which you can skip.
There is a railway museum, a spot worth visiting if you are a railway buff.

Fondest memory: The People of Mysore - extremely friendly and very curteous.

Favorite thing: The market is a neat maze of medieval lanes. . .and lanes are often sectioned off according to product. You won't find stalls with more than two or three types of vegetables. One stall will have potatoes and onions, another might have tomatoes and greens. . .

Favorite thing: 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. :-)

Favorite thing: Because the market is so photogenic (my photos really don't do it justice), you will find more tourists here. Actually, Mysore is quite popular on the Southern route, with good reason. It's a nice town to spend a couple of days in. . .with a good mix of activities and a manageable pace of life.