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Located at the heart of the Mysore city. One of the major landmark of mysore. It is a beautiful architechtural master piece built in Indo sarcenic style. The main palace is built in a spacious court yard using massive grey granite. It is a three storied building dominated by five storied tower crowned by a gilded dome.The beautiful paintings of Dasara festival, majestic Durbar, Luxurious Carved furnitures are worth seeing. The palace is illuminated during Dasara and every sundays at 6.30pm or 7.00 pm depending on the seasons
This is the Parliament House of Bangalore or Vidhan Soudha and ie really a unique building. Never before were evolved British - cum - Dravidian - cum - Indo - Islamic and stylistic features used in a building of such size and expanse, enclosing a dome of Gol Gumbaz proportions, with Rajastani jharokes providing a contrasting and very becoming touch in the elevation. T he aureole gables which punctuate the outline of the top level evoke the sun symbol of the Chaitra Vihara, while the window embellishments and stucco motifs which surround the inner quadrangle are - Saracenic. Today, Vidhan Soudha is regarded as an addition not only to the architecture of Bangalore but that of the country. It is an impressive building dominating the landscape though it looks more like a palace than secretariat. However, its resemblance to palace might have been deliberate as a palace was associated in people's minds with power and majesty. That the Vidhana Soudha has majesty and even splendour, none can deny.