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The Rajendra Vilas is a palace-hotel atop Chamundi Hills in Mysore, Karnataka, India. It is now closed and in a state of neglect and can only be visited with prior permission.
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A beautiful temple of Goddess Chamundeshwari (or Chamundi Devi) with marvellous architecture. Wheelchair access is available. AC Volvo buses go up to Chamundi Hill and back from the city bus stand every twenty minutes (Nr. 201, ₹20). If you want to take the steps (and snap a picture at the Chumandi Hill viewpoint), take either 203, 205 or 401A (₹10) and get off at JSS College, from where you walk 800 m to the bottom of the stairs.
The lookout provides an aerial view of Mysore, allowing you to see the entire white city and surrounding forest in all its glory. There are a few binoculars at the lookout point, though you would need to pay to use them.
Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Avadhoota Datta Peetham
An ashram in Mysore. It has beautiful gardens with bonsais among other plants. You can buy some herbal tea for an infusion, grown in the gardens.
A horse-racing venue. The Mysore Derby season is from November to February and again from May to July. There's a golf course at the middle.
Anjali Ashram has a unique architectural design. The entrance to the ashram is marked by an outer mandapa. On both sides of this mandapa, there are two footpaths in a curved fashion, taking you to the inner area directly. If you walk directly through the mandapa, you reach another structure used for meditations and prayer meetings. Then comes the hostel for inmates. Then comes the sanctum. The last building is the sanctum sanctorum, containing the chapel and the residential arrangements for the inmates. The small cottages for the inmates are built on either side of the sanctum sanctorum. There is a footpath that takes you directly to the other gate from the sanctum sanctorum.
A museum with sculptures made of seashell and conch by Radha Mallappa, including the sculptures of Ganesha, Shiva, the Taj Mahal and St. Philomena's Church.