Mysore, a city steeped in regal grandeur, invites travelers to explore its past through stunning architecture and vivid wall ...

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An elephant procession for Dussehra draws a crowd in the former Mysore kingdom. Animal activists have long objected to ceremonial uses of elephants, citing distress in the animals caused by crowds ...

Even to this day, the Wodeyar family, whose rule dates back to 1399 when Adi Yaduraya Wodeyar or Raja Vijaya Raj Wodeyar, the Mysore Kingdom, is intertwined with the Mysuru Dasara.

National Engineer's Day is observed every year on September 15. The day is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, a diwan of the former Mysore kingdom who is credited ...

The 19th century ruler of the Mysore Kingdom had an elaborate lunch, for which everything was prepared, sans the dessert. In a bout of hurried effort, Madappa served a syrup, made from a mixture ...

Things changed in the late 1700s, when the Mysore Kingdom of southern India went to war with the British East India Company. Mysoreans packed iron tubes with combustibles, creating more thrust ...

Tipu Sultan’s legacy continues to fund the ambitions of the descendants of the second Earl of Cornwallis. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Mysore kingdom spanning a large part of what is now ...

The 58-year-old elephant, Abhimanyu, was decked up regally and carried in a golden seat on its back an idol of Chamundeshwari, the Hindu goddess also known as Durga.

MYSURU, India (AP) — The spectators were getting restless after hours of waiting when a drizzle began. But an announcer over scratchy loudspeakers urged them in Kannada, the language of India' ...