India is a beautiful country full of wonderful places and Mysore is a perfect example of such places. When we first hear Mysore, the first thing that comes in our mind is festivals and festival related ingredients. Basically Mysore is situated in south India, and it is the second largest city of Karnataka. There are lots of splendid places for visiting in Mysore. Let us have a brief idea about these places. The name ‘mysore' came from its ancient name ‘mahishuru', which was related to ‘mahishashur' who was Indian mythological demon. So Mysore has a very close relation with mythology and with temples. Mysore's core attractions are its temples and monasteries. Some examples of the places to visit in Mysore are stated as follows

1. Somnathpur temple: this temple is a very important place in Mysore. This palace is famous for its landmark, design and statues. The main theme of this temple is ancient Indian mythology. Still now, somnathpur temple is holding the lost glory of Indian culture. It seems that time has stopped in this temple. The mesmerizing beauty of this temple simply spellbinds us. It is rated no 1 temple of Mysore.

2. Bylakuppe Buddhist golden temple: this place is an epitome of Buddhist culture. This temple is made of golden stones and precious stones of eastern hill rallies. Not only in Mysore, the temple is an ideal place of Buddhist prayer in whole south India.

3. Himada gopalswamy temples: This place situates 3.9 miles from the city centre. Himada gopalswamy temple is a well known temple of lord Krishna in Mysore.

All the mythological evidences of the episode when lord Krishna killed kangsha are present in these temples.

4. Halebidu temple: this place is not only a temple; it is also an epic historical place of Mysore. In 12th century, halebidu was the capital of hoysalas. Here the main attraction of this place is Jain culture prayer place. This temple is also unique in its design.

5. Chamundi temple: it is another star attraction of Mysore. It is 4.3 miles from the main city centre. This temple is mainly based on goddess chamunda.

Not only temples, Mysore astonish us, with a lot more tremendous places. Those places are of completely different moods. Such as,

6. Srirangapattam: it is an epic centre which is well known in whole world. Srirangapattam holds great historical values. At the kushan and mourya dynasty, srirangapattam was the most important place in both business and finance. It holds all the memory of 12th century dynasty. Moreover, in British period, when French rulers started a battle with British, that time srirangapattam was the main headquarter of French rulers. Still this place holds lot of wreckages of those times.

7. Maharaja palace (amba villa): this palace is a pride of south India. This palace was constructed in 1912. It contains all kind of masterpiece Indian and British designs. Amba villa is one of the largest palaces in the country. In British period, this was the palace of great king raja gopalswamy.

8. Mysore zoo: this is another important visiting place in Mysore. This place is also known as Sri Chamarajendra zoological garden. This 19th century zoo is famous for breeding much rare kind of animals such as, white tigers, white lions, barking dear, golden monkey, and lots of rare birds.

9. Melody world wax museum: Melody World Wax Museum is based on music and musical instruments. This place is one-of-its kind in the World Wax museum which exhibits over 100 life-size wax statues and over 300 musical instruments. Some very are musical instruments, which was used in early days, can be found in this museum. Not only Indian, many western and ancient Asian musical instruments are exhibited here.

Mysore is an epitome of the ancient and the purest culture of India. Mysore is holding gracefully, our lost and prime heritage, which made India the greatest.