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Karnataka trip 2 - Mysuru

Mysuru Palace. Chamundi, Brindavan, Balmuri falls


on Sunday morning we woke at the Saviruchi hotel, had tea there in their ground floor restaurant, got ready and went for the breakfast. This restaurant had typical Kannada breakfast - thatte idly, Mysore masala dosa, ghee rice bath, vada, etc. Had sumptuous food and set out to Chamundi hills. After reaching the bottom of the cliff we saw some vehicles but never thought we will have to face traffic up hill. With 4 kms to the temple, vehicles were stuck and many were tourist buses. So decided to go back. We reached our rooms near the Mysuru palace and checked in. Got into our uniform dresses we brought for this trip and left to the palace. Here again there were many tourists. From the start to end we were pushed around and found it hard to stick together as a unit. We went into the palace  till the first floor, covering the courts and gallery.


Once out by 2pm we walked in search of restaurants around palace and came back to our accommodation. Had lunch at the near by restaurant and started to our next place of visit - Brindavan. This time again, hard luck. The road, a couple of kms from Brindavan was facing heavy traffic. We waited for almost 2 hours and had to get down, clear some space for our vehicle to take a u-turn to return back. On the way we got down at the urban homes, to have dinner at their roof-top veg restaurant. We had soup, starters and main courses. The ambience was simple but food was extraordinary with good service.


The next day being the Christmas day we decided to leave early to Chamundi hills. Much better than yesterday but we had to be on a 2 hour queue for Rs.100 darshan. Crowding seem to be on the increase as we moved out. Laddu prasadam was given on the way out to each one of us. From here we went straight to the  hotel and checked out. Went to the Mysuru zoo. Located in the heart of the city, it was gaining lots of visitors that day owing to the Christmas holiday. Many school students came in batches.  Parking was allocated in the grounds opposite to the palace as there were many tourists around. Since the museum visit we travelled to Srirangapatna and checked into a hotel their. Immediate we left to Brindavan. Reached there around 7 PM and took a seat amidst the huge crows of tourists to witness the waterfall show. The 15 minutes show was feast to the eyes. We had dinner at Fishland on the way and went back to the hotel.


This closes our Mysore trip as we head towards to Belur the next day.

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Location: Mysuru, Karnataka, India

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