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Comprehensive informations about Mysore city
Posted Date: 01 Dec 2011 Author: Raja Kumar Shankar Ganesh   Member Level: Gold (Rs. 50)
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Mysore city is one of the important cities of the Karnataka state.. In this article I have taken the most important topic about that Mysore city which is one of the important cities of Karnataka.. I have dealt with Mysore city - Culture, history,Palaces, Mahals, Paintings, Art Galleries..
Culture of Mysore city, Karnataka
Mysore is one of the important cities of the Karnataka state as well as the Indian country. In this article, I am going to talk about that busy city of Karnataka. Another name of the Mysore city is, the Cultural capital of Karnataka. In the history of Karnataka, we can find that the Mysore city was the capital for the Mysore Kingdom who ruled the Mysore places almost many 100s of years.
The history of the Mysore city of Karnataka can be realized by the status, museums, Parks in Mysore. Especially during the Dasara festival, we can find the specialty with great celebration at the Mysore city.As we are talking about the cultural things of the Mysore state here, we should come across the special foods of the city. The Masala dosa, Maysore pak are really famous around the nation. Another name saying special of the Mysore city is, the Mysore silk saree also the Mysore paintings and those stuffs are still being greatful for the Mysore City and its historical culture.
Festivals in Mysore City
One the moment that the visitors to the Mysore city must not miss is, the lighted up Mysore Palace which is one of the rarest and greatest visions of the city and this moment happens also during the Dasara festival. One of the best festivals of the mysore city people is the Dasara festival.
The Dasara festival is also known as the Nadahabba which means the state festival and this dasara festival will be carried for almost 10 days. The name of the tenth day of the festival is the Vijayadasami. When does this Dasara festival comes? The Dasara festival comes in during the month of September and October.
Palaces in Mysore
Some of the palaces in Mysore were built by the Wodekar kings of the Mysore city during the ancient days. Some of the very important and time being palaces built by those kings in Mysore are, Ambavilas palace, Jaganmohana palace, jayalaxmi vilas mansion in Mysore and etc.,
Some important and interesting informations about the Mysore palace are,
When was the Mysore palace built?
The Mysore palace was built duing the beginning of the 20th century, to say the year of building, it is, 1912. The estimated cost for building the mysore palace is, 41.5 lakhs. The history says that the Mysore palace was built on the ground where the Jayalakshammani wedding festival fire accident happened. The name of the architecture of the Mysore palace is, Henry Irwin and th e name of the Engineer for the consruction of the Mysore palace is Fritchley.
Jaganmohan Palace
The year of construction of the Jaganmohan palace of the Mysore city is 1861.
Who built the Jahanmohan Palace is Krishnaraja Wodekar 3. The initial purpose for what the Jaganmohan palace was built was to provide the Hindu religious structured palace for the royal families of those days. As most of the Karnataka State people are known well, when the Mysore palace was caught in fire, this Jaganmohan Palace was built just as an alternative stuff for the older Mysore palace.
Structure of the Jaganmohan palace, Mysore
The structure of the Jaganmohan palace has totally three numbers of floors and the shutters of the Jaganmohan palace has been made up of the stained glasses with ventilators.
Where is the Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery located?
The Sri Jayachamarajendra Art gallery is located at this Jaganmohan palace. The year of establishing of this Art gallery in Mysore city is 1915. To say more about this Art gallery, it has plenty of collections like, Travancore, raja Ravi Varma and even from one of the Russian painters, Syetoslav Roerich. Another thing about this Jaganmohan palace is, the convocation functions of the Mysore University were conducted at this Jaganmohan palace.
Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, Mysore
The year of by built of this Jayalakshmi vilas Mansion of Mysore city was 1905. Let me give answer for one question before skipping to the next information about this Jayalakshmi palace.
Who built the Jayalakshmi Vila Mansion of Mysore?
As the name states, the Jayalakshmi vilas mansion was built by Chamaraja wodekar for one of the daughters of him. The total cost estiamated for this mansion to be built would have been Rs 7 lakhs in that period.
Structure of the Jayalakshmi vilas mansion
Previously the Jayalakshmi vilas mansion was the locaton for the campus for the Post graduate students of the Mysore University. But now, the mansion has a Kalyana Mandapa as its main hall, The new events of this Jayalakshmi vilas mansion is saying that the hall of this mansion, that is the Kalyana mandapa has the writers gallery which is added newly in this mansion.
Lalitha Mahal, Mysore Karnataka
The name of who built this Lalitha Mahal of Mysore is, Krishnaraja wodekar 4. The year when the itha Mahal1921. The architect who designed the Lalitha Mahal of Mysore is E W Fritchley.
Structure of the Lalitha Mahal of Mysore
The out figure of this Lalitha Mahal is painted with pure white and this mahal has two Ionic domes which are built with the Italian palazzo. This Lalitha Mahal has been used by the Ashok group hotels as a five star hotel. The further structure of this mahal has white colored marbels with fine ventilations.
The other important and famous Palaces of Mysore citythose should not be missed for visiting are as follows,
Rajendra Vilas
Cheluvamba Mansion
Mysore painting
Another traditional and culture reflecting thing of the Mysore city is, the Mysore painting. The history behind the Mysore paintings is, after the end of the Vijayanagara empire, the painters of the Vijayanagara paintings were identified by the Wodekar king and the new form of painting was invented and such paintings were called the Mysore paintings In the beginning those painters were working with the painting tools and materials from the Mysore city itself and were performing. A perfect example to explain that situation is, the hair of the squirrels were used as the painting brushes by those painters.
Ganjifa Art, Mysore
The nae, Ganjifa has been brought from the word name of a game played using the cards. This Ganjeefa game was familiar during the Mughalayar Kingdom. As the game Gnjeefa was played by the Royal peoples of the kingdom, the cards themselves were made up of the expensive metals. As this art has got a remarkable one off the Mysore city, the Ganjifa ragupathi bhatta has made the Internationational ganjifa research center at Mysore..
Carpentry art of Mysore city
There are evidences saying the brillience of the carpentry art of Mysore city. Even now, housand of carpentry artists of the Mysore city has got involved in the minute works with the carentry art of the Mysore city like the rosewood. This minute carpentry of the Mysore city is usually with the following steps and giving the quality outputs.
Initially the job will be done scooped out, then the motifs of the job will be inlaid and then the inlaid sructure will be fixed firmly. The next of this kind of art is, smothering the job with sandpapers.
Fashion art of the Mysore city
The fashion has been one of the tremendous features of this generation and this fashion has been a part of the ancient arts of the Mysore city.
The traditional dresses and wearing of the Mysore city people is as follows,
The male wears are, shirt with lungi at home and shirt with pant outdoors. The female wear of the Karnataka people are, saree at home and salwr kameez for the out station usages. During the special occasions like attending the marriages, the gold jewels with silk saree gets place. But of course, the young generations of the Mysore have got the conduction with the western countries wearing traditions like the jeans, bermudas etc.,
Museums in Mysore city
Rail Museum at Mysore
The following are the list of museums in the Mysore city,
• Regional Museum of Natural History
• Folk Lore Museum
• Rail Museum
• Oriental Research Institute
Famous Personalities of Mysore city
Drama artists of the Mysore city
• The Mysore artist, Hirannaiah:
Mr. Harannaiah is the father of one of the famous drama artists hirannaiah is, generation in the Mysore city, Master Hirannaiah.The year of birth of this famous artist is 1905. Hirannaiah is the producer who produced the Devadasi, Sadaarame. One of the famous dramas of this great artist, Harannaiah is, known as Devadasi run in the stages for many days and made nice profit for this producer.
Another mentionable artists of the Mysore city is, B. V. Karanth. Initially this artist was a writer who made the albums namely, National school of drama and later on, he himself become a nice director. B.V. Karanth He became one of the nice directors of the Kannada language dramas.
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