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This charming, easy-going city has been a favourite with
travelers - it's a manageable a size, enjoy a good climate and has
chosen to retain and promote its heritage rather than replace it. The
city is famous for its silk and is also a thriving sandalwood and
incense center, through don't expect the air to be any more fragrant
than that of the next town.
Until Independence, Mysore was the seat of the maharajas of
Mysore,
a princely state covering about a third of present-day Karnataka. The
maharajas walled Indo -Saracenic palace is a major attraction. |
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The railway station is on the north-western fringe of
the city center, about a km from the main shopping street, Sayaji Roa
Road. The central bus terminal is on the Bangalore Mysore Road, on the
north-eastern fringe of the city center. Mysore Palace occupies the
entire south-eastern sector of the city center. Chamundi Hills is an
ever visible landmark to the south. |