Mysore Continued...

Continuing with the Mysore saga, here are some more pictures of the beautiful place:















On our way downhill, we passed a beautiful Nandi idol.

A ride in a horse cart soon followed suit!

We then made our way to what most tourists go to see in Mysore; the famous and beautiful Mysore palace. The insides of the palace cannot be photographed, which is a real pity because their beauty is to be seen to be believed! Palatial rooms (that's pretty obvious, eh?!?), the thrones of Hyder Ali and his most prominent son, Tipu Sultan, a whole bunch of artifacts and paintings related to the Wodeyar dynasty, the rooms of the king and the queen, the beautiful and majestic lamps, dressers, chandeliers and mirrors of that era; the palace boasts of all these and more! Out in the gardens, cameras are clicked a dozen a second, capturing, thankfully, at least the beauty of the outside of the palace, including the gates, the temple in the same compound, as also the luscious lawns.

Brindavan Gardens was our next and last stop in Mysore. It was teaming with activity, what with hordes of people making it their destination that Saturday evening. It offers a view of a dam built across the Cauvery river, as also is home to innumerable fountains and colourful lights. More than the flowers it holds, it is these man made things that serve as the main attraction of this famous garden, not to mention the giant of a tall man who performs the job of a security personnel!

This last picture, of course, is that of our ubiquitous guide! Obnoxiously presumptuous, he managed to get on every single nerve of mine! He rattled off one "witty" statement after another, getting into form when he loudly proclaimed on our bus passing a seven star hotel that how extremely inexpensive it was to dine and stay there, what with a cuppa tea being available for just a few hundred bucks, or when, with a serious, deadpan expression on his face, he told us how important it was to let him know beforehand if any one of us intended to buy the Mysore palace! Gawd!