Developing Mysore - Karnataka's necessity

Mysore is a historic city of Karnataka. Mysore is a seat of culture and learning. The big draw of Mysore are the buildings of tourist interest. The Mysore Palace (Amba Vilas palace), Jaganmohan Palace, KRS Brindavan gardens, and Chamundi Hills – temple are some of the magnets of Mysore. It is important to strengthen tourism by value added tourism experiences and better connectivity. The saving grace is the beautiful road from Bangalore to Mysore. If Mysore develops economically through Govt. and citizen collaboration, and business collaborations – Karnataka will be benefited significantly. This will lead to a better development of the stretch from Bangalore to Mangalore via Mysore and Coorg.

A visit to Chamundi Hills

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A visit to Chamundi Hills is a very satisfying experience. The hill is cloaked by greenery (Oh! Yes! It can be improved through afforestation efforts). One can drive up or walk up.

A flight of one thousand steps built by the Maharaja Dodda Devaraja in 1659 also leads up to the summit of the hill which is at a height of about 3000 feet. Chamraja Wodeyar IV is said to have worshipped here in 1573 and was miraculously saved from a lightning hit. Krishnaraja III (late 18th century) built the temple tower and presented the Nakshatramalika jewel with sanskrit verses inscribed on it. http://www.indiantemples.com/Karnataka/chamundi.html

Goddess Chamundeshwari

The reigning deity of Mysore is Goddess Chamundeshwari. The most important temple of Goddess Chamundeshwari or Mahishashura Mardini is located atop Chamundi Hills. For all Mysoreans Goddess Chamundeshwari's blessings are paramount.

Here is a great link on Mysore and Goddess Chamundeshwari:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore

I start this blog with my humble pranams to Goddess Chamundeshwari.