My Journey to Mysore Palace and Exploring Mysore Palace




 Mysore Palace and Exploring Palace

its was a Month of winter when the Climate was Cool and Overcast Conditions I made a Decisions with the family to Visit Mysore Palace we have to reach Mysore Palace in the Morning at Before 12:00 pm we have to Be inside the Palace...the time was 8:45 am in Morning I Decided to Travel to Mysore Palace and Exploring it by evening and Planning to Return before Late Evening... my plan was made and I got ready at around 10:00 am in Morning and had a wonderful Breakfast and Tea... and was waiting for My Parents and my Uncle to get ready at the meantime I was Cleaning car glass and was Checking Few Things and Taking my Gadgets and was Ready...
few Minutes passed by the time was around 10:30 am everyone was ready and we are ready to Travel to Palace and starting the car engine and Started My another Journey to Mysore Palace...I started my Journey the time was around 10:35 am with Overcast Conditions and cool Climate the SunLight was going up and down but I kept a Positive Hope and Moved on we filled Fuel at 10:45 am near the Ring Round and we Moved on... after 10minutes of Rush in Fuel Station we Finally Continued our Journey to Mysore Palace...and Crossed Ring road at the Speed of 80km/hour with Moderate Traffic Conditions and the Palace was around 8km From my Location Need to one Straight Road 25 minutes of Journey need to Cross Metropole and Center of City... I have to Pass Major Signal and pass-through City Crossed Metropole Signal and Crossed through 100feet Road the time was around 11:15 am I have to Reach Palace by 12:00 pm in the afternoon or else Next Visiting time will be at 2:00 pm in the afternoon so was Bit Confused about the Entrance and went towards GunHouse side and they told u need to U-Turn and Comeback to City Cooperation Straight there is an Entrance and crossing Harding Circle and took a speedy U-turn and Reached the Entrance Gate at around 11:40 am and parking Tickets was Given at the Start and Parked our Vehicles inside Parking Lot which was spacious and Right Place to Park we Parked the car and Entered the Palace at 11:45 am with Speed Walking Through Gate... after Entering the Palace the View From Left Sideway Entrance was Like this...
U need to take Left and Move to the Ticket Counter and for Adults its Rupees 40 for Indian and For Foreign Tourist it's around Rupees200 and U have Permissions to take Videography and Photography Inside main Halls of Palace and u not allowed to Take VideoGraphy or PhotoGraphy in King Residences... Please Keep This thing in Mind Before Visiting Palace... 




Mysore Place is Currently the Mysore King Royal Residence in the Mysore City of Karnataka State and its also the Residence of the Wadiyar Family Currently The Mysore Place is Located at the Center of the City which is Next to the Mysore City bus stand and the Mysore Palace was Built-in  1912 By the Architect Henry Irwin the Place has Various Gate and Entrance and the Main Entrance is located in  Opposite to Gun House Circle....were the Entry is Made for Visitors and Currently, u are Allowed to Take PhotoGraphy and VideoGraphy at the Places in the Palace which is Under Government of Karnataka...
and Walking Towards the Entrance and Leaving the Slippers there are Separate Counters for Leaving Your Footwears and Kindly u have to Pay Separate Fees around rupees 10 for the pack of Footwears and Leaving My Slippers and Moving on Towards The Entrance they will Give u audio Devices keep it Carefully While Returning they will Take Back and Also u can also have an app if u want to Know about things ... and its Details so there is Free Wifi Services Available around the Palace... if u Interested U can Take Audio device or else u can Download the app From the GooglePlayStore...and U need to Click numbers in the app so it will Explain u Details about the Things or Hall... Walking Inside the Palace our First View in the Hall...
During Dasara Processions " Elephants Balarama Carries this ton weighted with Goddess Chamundeswari it in which is Popularly Called Jumbo Savari which every People across the World Come to see the Processions and Elephant Carrying Goddes Chamundeswari for around 5km  and  Reaches Bannimantap Ground which is wonderful ... and also Palace Structure was also Kept Inside and Please Don't Touch Glass bcoz its Well Maintained By Government of Karnataka... and after seeing this we are Moving to Back Entrance which was Early Entrance for Visitors the View From the Palace was wonderful... 
The Back Entrance of the Palace which was Visible From Center of Palace was Wonderful to View and u are allowed till the Gate and Beyond that, u are not Allowed to Visit that Side and they were some Cannon that was Used during King Rule in Mysore...There were Lots of Cannon Kept on the back entrance of Palace which was Newly Painted Before Dasara Festivals in Mysore...
The Cannons that was Used during king Rule in Mysore was Kept Behind the Palace Premises which was Kept for Viewers to Visit... that was Newly Painted Bcoz During Dasara Time there will be Certain Events that will be Done by Mysore City Police with the Help of Cannons and During AyudhaPuja time every Equiqments which is Related to Mysore Palace will Be painted and Reused during the Dasara time Events...and after Crossing this Place we saw a Huge Elephant face which was Made Fixed on the wall During King Rule.... we were Scared for a Minutes after seeing that and we Moved on.... to Another Side of Palace...and Now Going towards Marriage hall of Mysore Palace which is Center Place of the Palace...
The Pillars were wonderful and the top Design of the Pillar was Wonderful with Shining Glass...walking across the Marriage hall there were Lots of Painting with Dasara Processions Painting which made us wonderful to see inside Mysore palace and on the Left Side there were some Ornaments and Furniture Used By early King and queen were Kept on the Left-hand side after Marriage hall...
I took Some Shorts Near Marriage Hall with the Lighting which was awesome to see Like this...

and walking by seeing all the Paintings on the wall which was realistic and On the Right, we saw Wrestling Ring of the Palace... 
The Wrestling ring of the place this is one side and Starting Side were on the Four Side u have Entrance and this Statute was Made of Stone and which was the Key attraction to this Wrestling ring .....During Dasara Time events Like Wrestling will take place at the Center of Ring... which was wonderful to watch...and Let's go to the Other end and Take a View ...
Near the Wrestling Ring From Another side of the Wrestling Ring, the Entire Palace Building the interior View of the Building with ClassicalWindows and steps which are made in the shape of Spring which was awesome it will Reach us to top of the Palace... and The Wrestling Ring Behind me the Place where am standing is for spectators to watch and Fence are almost half the Body Height bcoz no one is allowed inside the ring except Competitors and Referee...and this Wrestling event will be held during Dasara time...and Moving on to the Next room we Found Dressing Tabel used During early queens and Also a Mirror made with Elephant Horns...and Former queens photo were Kept and even one painted photo was Kept...and Moving on we found family Photos of Maharaja which was Kept in Next room which was wonderful and some were Painted and made as a PhotoFrame...and Few Chest Box Used By Maharaja Family were Kept and entire Design of Palace was wonderful Sealing and Painting on the Lefthand side and we Just Moved on Towards Darbar Hall which is the Palce in the Palace with 108 Pillars which was wonderful to watch and we had some View from One side where u can See Pillars in Straight Line...and Going up we saw Maharaja Sitting  Doll in a chair which was realstic and stunning amazing thing we saw and Exploring towards Darbar Hall the Pillars Design was wonderful and From there till  top of Place Pillars Design which was wonderful to watch...after Viewing Darbar Hall we reached to the Exit of the First Portion the Main Palace for Visitor View....and Going to Exit we Returned the Audio Devices to the Authority and we are Going to Slippers Counter and next we are Going to King Residence and which are on the Other side...of Palace walking on the otherside which is the way to Entrance...u Can see the Video Link for Full Video 
And Going to the Otherside of Palace which was the Other Side of Palace on the left side of the Palace we saw  Beautiful gardens and parks for Children and Camel Ride was Going on the Left-Hand Side of the park...and on the Right-hand Side, we saw Maharaja Residence which was on the Right side and another Part of Palace Backside and Photography and VideoGraphy is Strictly Prohibited...and Leaving Slippers outside the Entrance and should walk for Few Meters to see Maharaja Residence which is on another Side of Palace " Consist of Maharaja Costumes, The Chariot Used during that days and also weapons used my maharaja and maharaja's Solider and which all were Kept in the Residence there was a space to climb up on Climbing up we saw Full of things Like Furniture, Tables and we saw bullhead and on the other room we saw animals Hunted by maharaja during the Early Period and their weapons with animals head and Photo were Kept for Museum... which was things to read and there were costumes of Soldiers too... and on another Top Floor u can see the View of Entire Mysore Palace but they didnt even allow us there bcoz it was under Maintainence and Construction work were Taking Place Getting down From the Maharaja Residence and going towards exit of the Palace.... we need to walk 500 Meters to parking ... we were walking.... and the time was almost around 4:00 pm in the evening bcoz we didn't even notice the time we had an Interesting Time in Palace... going towards the Parking and it was mild Drizzle and we are Getting quick inside the car and the Drizzle Started more ... we were on the Return to Home the Time was around 4:30 pm Caught 100Feet Road and Moved on and Crossed Kalamandir at around 4:50 pm and which pass me through Hunsur Road and I Reached home at around 5;10 pm the Drizzle was Still there... 
" The Things I Learnt in this Journey was I need to Get ready and Leave Early for a Travel if it's Short or Long but should be on time and Second Thing was I Got Confused to the Entrance of Mysore Palace the New Entrance is Near Cooperation Office Straight road so it will take to Palace gate and Third thing is I got to Learn About History of Palace and I saw about the Artistic Works on the wall which was wonderful and also Equipment used during Maharaja and his family which was wonderful... and Hence it was wonderful Journey to Mysore Palace and Hope see u all in another Travel Experience of My Until then Baye Baye... 


 



Vignesh Pillai

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