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The perimeter is 3.6 km. There are many birds to see and the footpath is well maintained with small gardens around it.
Kukkarahalli Lake also called Kukkarhalli Kere, located in the heart of the Mysore city, adjoins the Manasgangotri, the Kalamandir (Rangyana) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) campus. It provides lung-space to the city. Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1794–1868) of the Mysore dynasty was responsible for getting the lake created, in the year 1864, to provide water for irrigation to about 4000 ha of land outside the city. The Lake also used to be a source of water supply to the city of Mysore but over the years, sewage and excessive land encroachments and blockage of water flow sources almost led to the eutrophication of the lake. The University of Mysore and the citizen forums of Mysore continue to make efforts to preserve the lake by implementing several remedial measures. There is a 3.5-km walkway on the periphery of the lake with shaded stone benches for visitors to sit, relax and enjoy the scenic serenity of the lake.
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Founded in 1968 and located in the University of Mysore campus, the museum has over 6500 folk art and folklore articles on display and exhibits arts and crafts from all over the state of Karnataka. It is housed in Jayalakhmi Mansion situated at Manasa Gangotri. The museum has detailed exhibits of "Yakshagana" and "Puppet art".
It was built by Maharani Regent Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, wife of Chamaraja Wodeyar, for her daughter Jayalakshami. It has around 200 rooms, an exotic dancing hall and a Kalyanmantap with intricately carved wood pillars. It was converted into a museum and stores artefacts about local folk and performing arts, tools and objects of various artisans and other archaeological findings. Princess Jayalakshmi was married to her maternal uncle. Dewan Sir M. Kantha Raja Urs. After independence, their son-in-law, Sirdar K. Basavaraj Urs, sold the property to the University of Mysore to start its postgraduate centre, and the then Vice Chancellor, Dr K.V. Puttapa christened the place as Manasa Gangothri.
Formerly known as the oriental library, it was started in 1891 and contains over 33,000 palm leaf manuscripts.
The Happy Man Park near Kamakshi Hospital, some three kilometres from the Railway Station, is a very popular hangout for children and parents. The park is quite compact but contains a mini zoo and many hens and ducks roam around the lawns freely. The park is landscaped with a little stream and ‘wooden’ bridges. Music is played through loudspeakers scattered around the park. The park is open from 4:30PM to 9PM and the crowd are quite big around 6PM. It is also open for a while in the morning for the benefit of joggers. The main attraction of the park is a statue of a ‘Happy Man’ with a potbelly. The statue resembles Maitreya or Laughing Buddha, quite popular in Southeast Asian countries.
Exhibits vintage locomotives as they were in use. The second of such museums was set up after the Rail Museum in Delhi. The major attraction of the museum is the wagon used by the Queen of Mysore. There is a small toy train. The museum is a small one and can be visited while arriving or leaving Mysore during working hours.