This photo journal features Mysore, called the City of Palaces, which we visited on day 12/13 of our tour. Mysore, a popular travel destination in South India, is called the City of Palaces because of the large number of royal palaces in the city left by the Wodeyars dynasty that ruled Mysore from 1399 until the independence of India in 1947.

Mysore (now called Mysuru), population 800k, is the cultural capital & the 2nd largest city in the state of Karnataka (karna-TA-ka). Located about 140 kms southwest of Bangalore, the state ... (more)