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Mysuru Dasara Festival

Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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Overview

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.

Why visit: India's grandest surviving royal festival, ten electric nights long.

History: Continued from the Vijayanagara Mahanavami by the Wodeyars since 1610.

Things to do

›Jamboo Savari procession
›Palace lighting
›Torchlight parade
›Dasara exhibition

ProcessionsPalace IlluminationConcerts

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Travel Information

Best time

Sep–Oct (Navaratri)

Entry fee

Free–ticketed enclosures

Est. budget

₹2,000–8,000

Duration

2–4 days

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📍 Palace

4.7

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.

Oct–FebHalf dayExplore

1 km

🐅 Wildlife

4.6

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.

Year-round (closed Tue)Half dayExplore

1.9 km

🛕 Religious

4.4

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.

Year-round1 hrExplore

4.1 km

🛕 Religious

4.5

Chamundi Hills

Mysuru, Karnataka

Mysuru's guardian hill — the Chamundeshwari temple of the royal family, the giant 1659 monolithic Nandi and thousand-step pilgrim path with city panoramas.

Year-round; Dasara (Sep–Oct)Half dayExplore

13.2 km

🐅 Wildlife

4.5

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.

Dec–Jun (nesting)2–3 hrsExplore

13.7 km

🏛️ Historical

4.5

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.

Oct–MarFull dayExplore

15.7 km

📍 Family

4.3

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.

Year-round; evenings2–4 hrsExplore

25 km

🏛️ Historical

4.7

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'.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore