* 1973 – The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

It is well connected by road and rail to Bangalore, Mysore and Mangalore.

The distance is 149 km to Mysore and 31 km to Hassan.

It is situated at a distance of 12 km to the south from the Bangalore-Mangalore road ( NH-48 ), 78 km from Halebidu, 89 km from Belur, 83 km from Mysore, 233 km from Mangalore, 17 km from Hirisave and 157 km from Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka.

image: Shravanabelagola. jpg | This photograph of Chandragiri Hill and Tank at Śravaṇa Beḷgoḷa, taken in the 1890s by an unknown photographer, is from the Curzon Collection's " Souvenir of Mysore " Album

A majority of the silk in India is produced in Karnataka State, particularly in Mysore and the North Bangalore regions of Muddenahalli, Kanivenarayanapura, and Doddaballapur.

Today silk is mainly produced in Bhoodhan Pochampally ( also known as Silk City ), Kanchipuram, Dharmavaram, Mysore, etc.

* Mysore, as the name suggests, is a native variety of Karnataka.

* Vazhuka is a naturally occurring hybrid between Malabar and Mysore varieties, and the panicles grow neither vertically nor horizontally, but in between.

He is currently a visiting professor at Indian Institute of Management Patna and Indian Institute of Management Hastinapur, Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, a professor of Aerospace Engineering at Anna University ( Chennai ), JSS University ( Mysore ) and an adjunct / visiting faculty at many other academic and research institutions across Somalia.

It is 535 km from Chennai ( via Salem, Erode ), 80 km from Coimbatore, 18 km from Coonoor, 155 km from Mysore ( via Gudalur ), 187 km from Calicut, 290 km from Bangalore, 281 km from Kochi ( via Coimbatore and Palakkad ), 236 km from Kodaikanal ( via Coimbatore and Palani ).

St. Stephen's Church is located on the road to Mysore in Ooty, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

This is a popular film shooting area, particularly two areas situated approximately six and nine miles ( 14 km ) out of Ooty on the main Ooty to Pykara road ( also known as Mysore Road ).

Mysore (; Maisūru in Kannada ) is the second-largest city in the state of Karnataka, India.

According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census of India, the population of Mysore is 887, 446 and Hinduism is its major religion.

Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division.

Mysore is noted for its palaces, including the Mysore Palace, and for the festivities that take place during the Dasara festival when the city receives a large number of tourists.

Tourism is the major industry, while information technology has emerged as a major employer alongside the traditional industries. Mysore Airport also known as Mandakalli Airport is an airport serving the city of Mysore, Mysore depends on rail and bus transport for inter-city connections.

Mysore was the location of the first private radio broadcasting station in India when Akashavani ( voice from the sky ) was established in the city on 10 September 1935 by M. V.

The word " Akashvani " was coined by M. V. Gopalaswamy after setting up the nation ’ s first private radio station in his residence, “ Vittal Vihar ” ( about 200 yards from AIR ’ s current location in Mysore ) in 1936.

Mysore being an important location is well connected by rail to major cities in India and hence passengers can stop over at Mysore and take another train to reach Nanjangud.

The location of the breach, as noted by Beatson, the author of an account of the Fourth Mysore War, was ' in the west curtain, a little to the right of the flank of the north-west bastion.

The nearest functional airport to Mysore is the Bengaluru International Airport.

On November 27, 1953, Dr. K. Nagaraja Rao, a graduate of the University of Mysore, India, became the head of Dunwoody Industrial Institute ’ s new International Services Division.

Coimbatore Airport, 185 km from BR Hills, is nearer but not commendable International Airport. But Coimbatore has connectivity to all metro cities of India. In 2020 Mysore Aiprort is expected to become an International Airport. Then Mysore Airport will be the nearest to BR Hills

Mysore has the Regional Museum of Natural History, the Folk Lore Museum, the Railway Museum and the Oriental Research Institute.

It is used at the Oriental Research Institute Mysore, the French Institute of Pondicherry, the Association for the Preservation of the Saint Thomas Christian Heritage in Kerala and many other manuscript collections in India.

He was a student of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, and taught at his school, the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, in Mysore, India.

Jois continued to teach at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, now located in the neighbourhood of Gokulam, with his only daughter Saraswathi Rangaswamy ( b. 1941 ) and his grandson Sharath ( b. 1971 ), until May 18, 2009 when he died aged 93 of natural causes.

One of the oldest manuscript preserved at the institute is Ayodhya Mahatmya written by Harishankar in 1656 AD, part of the original collection of over 10, 000 manuscripts of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who first conceptualized the institute in 1893, inspired by the opening of the Oriental Research Institute Mysore in 1891, established by then Maharaja of Mysore Chamaraja Wodeyar, and a close friend.

* Sericultural Research & Training Institute Mysore India

CFTRI Mysore is one of the 40 national research laboratories set up under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ) India.

Kukkarahalli Lake also called Kukkarhalli Kere ( Lake is ‘’ kere ’’ in local Kannada language ), located in the heart of the Mysore city, adjoins the Manasgangotri ( University of Mysore ), the Kalamandir ( Rangyana ) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute ( CFTRI ) campus ( separated by the Hunsur Road ).

# CFTRI-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore

The Chief Commissioner, Travancore Devaswom Board said that the board has appointed Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore as a consultant for providing technical guidance to ensure the quality of Aravana, Appam, and other prasadom preparations at Sabarimala.

* Oriental Research Institute Mysore, established in 1891

* Satprem ( 1964 ) ( 2000, 2nd edition ) Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness Mira Aditi, Mysore, & The Mother's Institute of Research, New Delhi

* Satprem ( 2002 ) On the Way to Supermanhood Mira Aditi, Mysore, & The Mother's Institute of Research, New Delhi

He served the Mysore Centre for 9 years and was under Swami Siddheswarananda and another 3 years under him in the Bangalore centre.

The rule of Wodeyar dynasty which established the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India in around 1400 CE by was interrupted by Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan in the later half of 18th century.

After Tipu's eventual defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and the capture of the Mysore iron rockets, they were influential in British rocket development, inspiring the Congreve rocket, which was soon put into use in the Napoleonic Wars.

Mysore Silk Sarees, which are known for their soft texture, last many years if carefully maintained.

Mysore houses Mysore University, which has produced several notable authors, particularly in the field of Kannada literature.

The name Mysore is an anglicised version of Mahishūru, which means the abode of Mahisha in the Kannada language.

During this time, Mysore kingdom came into conflict with the Marathas, the British and the Nizam of Golconda, leading to the four Anglo-Mysore wars, success in the first two of which was followed by defeat in the third and fourth.

The civic administration of the city is managed by the Mysore City Corporation, which was established as a municipality in 1888 and converted into a corporation in 1977.

Urban growth and expansion is managed by the Mysore Urban Development Authority ( MUDA ), which is headed by a commissioner.

In a survey conducted in 2001 by Business Today, Mysore was ranked the fifth-best city in India in which to conduct business.

In 1854 the East India Company promulgated the Halifax Dispatch, which suggested organising education based on the western model in the princely state of Mysore.

This led to the establishment of a normal school in Mysore which trained teachers to teach in the hobli schools.

Among the most notable are Amba Vilas, popularly known as Mysore Palace ; Jaganmohana Palace, which also serves as an art gallery ; Rajendra Vilas, also known as the summer palace ; Lalitha Mahal, which has been converted into a hotel ; and Jayalakshmi Vilas.

Mysore is connected by National Highway NH-212 to the state border town of Gundlupet, where the road forks into the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. State Highway 17, which connects Mysore to Bangalore, was upgraded to a four-lane highway in 2006, reducing travel time between the two cities.

State Highways 33 and 88 which connect Mysore to H D Kote and Madikeri respectively.

The first railway line established in the city was the Bangalore – Mysore Junction metre gauge line, which was commissioned in 1882.

Mysore Airport, which was unused for many years, was put back into use in October 2010, when Kingfisher Airlines started a daily service to Bangalore.

At the Battle of Pollilur ( 1780 ), during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, Colonel William Braille's ammunition stores are thought to have been detonated by a hit from one of Tipu Sultan's Mysore rockets, which contributed to a British defeat.

It is a military manual that was written by Tipu Sultan, a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, who was considered to be the father of rocket artillery in battle for his use of iron-cased rocket artillery in defeating the British Army in the 1792 battle at Srirangapatna, one of the battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, which is considered a technological evolution in military history.