Things to do in Mysore, Karnataka
Mysore, officially Mysuru, is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division.
18 places to visit in and around Mysore, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Jaganmohan Palace
Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery, commonly known by its former name Jaganmohana Palace, is a former royal mansion, arts museum and auditorium, and formerly an alternative royal residence of the ruling Maharaja of Mysore, located in Mysore, India, about 200m…
- 2Mysore Palace
Mysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historic palace and royal residence located in Mysore, Karnataka, India.
- 3Rajendra Vilas
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.
- 4Chittaranjan Palace
Chittaranjan Palace is a lesser-known palace at Mysore that was originally built for a princess of the Mysore royal family. It presently houses the "Green Hotel".
- 5Railway Museum, Mysore
The Railway Museum at Mysore, India is an outdoor exhibit of vintage locomotives. The Railway Museum was established in 1979 by Indian Railways, the second such museum after the National Railway Museum in Delhi.
- 6Regional Museum of Natural History Mysore
The Regional Museum of Natural History at Mysore is a museum in India with exhibits on plants, animals and geology of the southern region of India. Established in 1995, it is located on the banks of Karanji Lake.
- 7Folklore Museum
The Folklore Museum at Mysore, India, is a museum which exhibits folk art and crafts from all over the state of Karnataka.
- 8Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum
Mysore Sand Sculpture Museum is the first sand sculpture museum in India, located in Mysore, Karnataka. It was inaugurated in 2014, with 150 sand sculptures on display, on a one-acre land at the base of Chamundi Hills.
- 9Payana Museum
Payana Museum is an automotive museum in Bangalore-Mysore Expressway, Mandya district, Karnataka, India.
- 10Parakala Matha
Bramhatantra Swatantra Parakala Matha, commonly known as Parakala Matha, is a Hindu Sri Vaishnava monastery founded during the Hoysala Empire in 1268 at Mysore, Karnataka, primarily worshipping Vishnu and Lakshmi as Hayagriva and Vageesha.
- 11St. Bartholomew's Church, Mysore
St. Bartholomew's Church is an Anglican church, built by the Madras Government for the East India Company troops stationed in Kingdom of Mysore and is located in Lashkar Mohalla, on the Nilgiri Road, near the noisy Mysore sub-urban bus stand in Mysore City.
- 12St. Philomena's Cathedral, Mysore
St. Philomena's Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of St.
- 13Mysore Zoo
- 14Kukkarahalli Lake
- 15Chamundeshwari Temple
- 16Lingambudhi Lake
- 17Chamundi Hills
- 18Lingambudhi Park