Mysuru Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens)
Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.