Mysore Sights

  1. Government House

    Mysore is an architectural vaudeville of fine buildings and monuments. Dating from 1805, Government House, formerly the British Residency, is a Tuscan Doric building set in 20 hectares of gardens.

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  2. Maharaja's Palace

    The fantastic profile of the walled Indo-Saracenic Maharaja's Palace, the seat of the maharajas of Mysore, graces the city's skyline. An earlier palace burnt down in 1897 and the present one, designed by English architect Henry Irwin, was completed in 1912 at a cost of Rs 4.5 million.

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  3. St Philomena's Cathedral

    Towering St Philomena's Cathedral, built between 1933 and 1941 in neo-Gothic style, is one of the largest in India and has beautiful stained-glass windows.

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  4. Statue of Maharaja Chamarajendar Wodeyar

    Built in 1920, this statue stands in front of the north gate of the Maharaja's Palace and faces the 1927 Silver Jubilee Clock Tower.

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