Chamundi Hills
Mysuru, Karnataka, India
Nearby attractions
Mysuru Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens)
Mysuru, Karnataka
One of India's oldest (1892) and best-run zoos — gorillas, white tigers, giraffes and green walk-through aviaries in a royal-era campus.
Mysuru Dasara Festival
Mysuru, Karnataka
The 400-year-old royal Navaratri — a lakh of palace bulbs, the golden-howdah elephant procession on Vijayadashami and ten nights of music in the royal city.
Mysore Palace
Mysuru, Karnataka
The Wodeyar dynasty's Indo-Saracenic showpiece — stained glass, carved rosewood doors, the golden howdah and a durbar hall of turquoise-and-gold pillars. On Sunday nights and through Dasara, nearly 100,000 bulbs trace every dome and arch in light.
St Philomena's Cathedral
Mysuru, Karnataka
One of Asia's tallest churches — a 1936 neo-Gothic cathedral of twin 53-m spires modelled on Cologne, with a catacomb-style crypt holding the saint's relic.
Srirangapatna
Srirangapatna, Karnataka
Tipu Sultan's island capital in the Cauvery — the Ranganathaswamy temple, Daria Daulat Bagh's murals, the Gumbaz mausoleum and the breach where he fell in 1799.
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Srirangapatna, Karnataka
Cauvery islets seething with painted storks, spoonbills, pelicans and openbills — boat rides glide past nesting colonies and basking marsh crocodiles.
Brindavan Gardens & KRS Dam
Srirangapatna, Karnataka
The 1932 terraced showpiece below Krishna Raja Sagara dam — symmetrical Mughal-style parterres, fountain terraces and the famous musical fountain by night.
Somanathapura Keshava Temple
Somanathapura, Karnataka
The 1268 triple-shrined jewel of Hoysala art — star-shaped, lathe-pillared and carved to the last inch — now a UNESCO World Heritage 'Sacred Ensemble'.