Native name	Mysooru (ಮೈಸೂರು)
Other name	Mysore
Type	City
Locator position	right
Skyline	Mysore Palace Night.jpg
Skyline caption	Mysore Palace
State name	Karnataka
District	Mysore District
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Pushpalatha Chikkanna
Altitude	763
Population as of	2001
Population total	799228
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Population density	6223.55
Area magnitude	9
Area total	128.42
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Area telephone	91-(0)821
Postal code	570 0xx
Vehicle code range	KA-09, KA-55
Unlocode	IN MYQ
Footnotes	}}

Mysore (pronounced in English, ''Maisūru'') is the second largest city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division and lies about southwest of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. The name ''Mysore'' is an anglicised version of ''Mahishūru'', which means the abode of ''Mahisha''. ''Mahisha'' stands for Mahishasura, a demon from Hindu mythology. The city is spread across an area of and is situated at the base of the Chamundi Hills.

Mysore is famous for the festivities that take place during the Dasara festival when the city receives a large number of tourists. Mysore also lends its name to the Mysore mallige, the Mysore style of painting, the sweet dish Mysore Pak, the Mysore Peta (a traditional silk turban) and the garment called the Mysore silk saree. In an exercise carried out by the Urban Development Ministry under the national urban sanitation policy, Mysore was rated the second cleanest city in India in 2010 and the cleanest in Karnataka.

History

Wodeyar

Until 1947, Mysore was the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore and was ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty, except for a 40-year era in the 18th century when Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan were the de facto rulers of the province. The Wodeyars were patrons of art and culture and contributed significantly to the cultural growth of the city, which has led to Mysore earning the sobriquet ''Cultural capital of Karnataka''.

According to Hindu mythology, the area around Mysore was known as ''Mahishūru'' or ''Mahishapuram''. It was ruled by a demon, ''Mahishasura''. The demon was killed by the Goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills. ''Mahishūru'' later became ''Mahisūru'' and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language. The anglicised form of the name is ''Mysore''. In December 2005, the Government of Karnataka announced its intention to change the English name of the city to ''Mysuru''. This has been approved by the Government of India but the necessary formalities to incorporate the name change are yet to be completed.

The region where Mysore city stands now was known as ''Puragere'' till the 15th century. The ''Mahishūru Fort'' was constructed in 1524 by Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553), who later passed on the dominion of ''Puragere'' to his son Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576). Since the 16th century, the name of ''Mahishūru'' (later ''Mysore'' and changed again to ''Mysuru'' by the Government of Karnataka on November 1, 2007) has been commonly used to denote the city. During the rule of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Mysore Kingdom under Wodeyars, served as a feudatory. Mysore was the center of the Wodeyar administration till 1610 when Raja Wodeyar ousted the Vijayanagara governor at nearby Srirangapatna and made it his capital. With the demise of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565, the Mysore Kingdom gradually achieved independence and became a sovereign state by the time of King Narasaraja Wodeyar (1637).

After Tipu Sultan's death in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Kingdom was distributed by the British to their allies of the Fourth Mysore war, the Marhata, Nizam, and State of Travancore, while the rule of Mysore city was retained by the British who built the Government House (completed 1805). The Government House is now used by the Government of Karnataka as a State Guest House. The existing town of Nazarabad was demolished to remove any traces of Tipu's rule. The capital of the kingdom was moved back to Mysore. The British administration was assisted locally by Diwan Purnaiah, in return for his assistance in the defeat of the Mysore Army. Purnaiah is credited with improvements to Mysore's public works.

In 1831, Mysore lost its status as the administrative centre of the kingdom when Mark Cubbon, the British commissioner, moved the capital to Bangalore. However it regained this status in 1881, when the British handed power back to the Wodeyars. The city remained the capital of the Wodeyars till 1947, with Mysore Palace as the centre of administration.

The Mysore municipality was established in 1888 and the city was divided into eight wards. In 1897, an outbreak of bubonic plague killed nearly half of the population of the city. With the establishment of the City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) in 1903, Mysore became one of the first cities in Asia to undertake a planned development of the city. When the Quit India Movement was launched in the early 1940s, Mysore city also played a part in it. Leaders of the independence movement like H. C. Dasappa and Sahukar Channayya were at the forefront during the agitations. The Maharaja's College hostel was the nerve centre from where the movement was controlled in the Mysore district and the Subbarayana Kere ground was an important location for public demonstrations.

After Indian independence, Mysore city remained as a part of the Mysore State. Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, the then king of Mysore, was allowed to retain his titles and was nominated as the Rajapramukh of the state. He died in September 1974 and was cremated in Mysore city. Over the years, Mysore has become well known as a centre for tourism and the city has remained largely peaceful, except for occasional riots related to the Kaveri river water dispute. Some of the events that took place in Mysore and made national headlines were the fire at Premier Studios that claimed the lives of many people, and the sudden deaths of many animals at the Mysore Zoo.

Geography

Climate

Mysore is located at and has an average altitude of . It is situated in the southern region of the state of Karnataka, at the base of the Chamundi Hills and spreads across an area of . The summer season is from March to June, followed by the monsoon season from July to November and the winter season from December to February. The highest temperature recorded in Mysore was on May 4, 2006, and in winter, temperatures as low as have been recorded. The average annual rainfall received by the city is . Though Mysore is situated in the relatively safe seismic zone II, earthquakes of magnitude greater than 4.5 on the Richter scale have been recorded in the vicinity of the city.

Mysore has several lakes, prominent among are the Kukkarahalli, Karanji and Lingambudhi lakes. In 2001, percentages of total land area in Mysore city occupied by residences, roads, park and open spaces, industries, public property, commercial establishments, agriculture and bodies of water were 39.9%, 16.1%, 13.74%, 13.48%, 8.96%, 3.02%, 2.27% and 2.02% respectively.

Mysore is situated between the rivers Kaveri and Kabini, which are a source of drinking water to the city. The city got its first piped water supply when the Belagola project was commissioned in 1896. At present, water is supplied to Mysore in the volume of 42.5 million gallons per day from three projects; Hongally (III Stages), Belagola and Melapur and this reaches 85% of households. Mysore sometimes faces water crises, mainly during the months of summer and in years of deficient rainfall. The city has had an underground drainage system since 1904 and the entire sewage from the city drains into four valleys; Kesare, Malalavadi, Dalavai and Belavatha.

Civic administration

The civic administration of the city is managed by the Mysore City Corporation, which was established as a municipality in 1888 and later converted into a corporation in 1977. The corporation oversees the engineering works, health, sanitation, water supply, administration and taxation in the city. It is headed by a mayor who is assisted by commissioners and council members. The city is divided into 65 wards and the council members (also known as ''corporators'') are elected by the citizens of Mysore every five years. The council members in turn elect the mayor. The annual budget of the Corporation for the year 2007–2008 was Rs. 11,443.89 lakh (US$28.6 million).

The growth and expansion of the city is managed by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), which is headed by a commissioner. Its activities include developing new layouts and roads, town planning and land acquisition. One of the major projects undertaken by MUDA is the creation of an Outer Ring Road in Mysore, which is expected to ease traffic congestion. On the contrary, MUDA has faced criticism from citizens of Mysore for its inability to ensure that sufficient sites are allotted to house residents of the city. The electrical supply to the city is managed by the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation.

The citizens of Mysore elect four representatives to the Legislative assembly of Karnataka through the constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamundeshwari. Mysore city, being a part of the larger Mysore Lok Sabha constituency, also elects one member to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The politics in the city is dominated by three political parties: the Indian National Congress (INC); the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); and the Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS).

Demographics

According to the census of 2001, Mysore city had a total population of 799,228 with 406,363 males and 392,865 females, making it the second largest city in Karnataka. The gender ratio of the city is 967 females to every 1000 males and the population density is 6223.55 persons per km². Among the population, 76.8% are Hindus, 19% are Muslims, 2.8% are Christians and the remaining belong to other religions. The city's population crossed the 100,000 mark in the census of 1931 and has seen a population growth of 20.5% in the decade 1991–2001. The literacy rate of the city is 82.8%, which is much higher than the state's average of 67%. Kannada is the most widely spoken language in the city. Hindi/Urdu is also significantly spoken and understood in the city. Nineteen percent of the population in Mysore live below the poverty line and 9.0% of the population live in slums. Though 35.7% of the population in the urban areas of Karnataka are workers, only 33.3% of the population in Mysore city belong to the working class. People belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes contribute to 15.1% of the population. Mysore has seen a spurt in crime with 805 incidents of crime reported in 2005, higher than the 510 incidents of crime reported in 2003.

The residents of the city are known as ''Mysoreans'' in English and ''Mysoorinavaru'' in Kannada. The ongoing dispute between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of the Kaveri River water, has frequent repercussions in the city leading to minor altercations and demonstrations. Growth in the Information Technology industry in Mysore has led to a change in the demographic profile of the city and has been a cause of concern for some citizens of the city.

Business and economy

While tourism is the major industry in Mysore, the growth of information technology related industry in the first decade of the 21st century has resulted in the city emerging as the Second largest software exporter in the state of Karnataka, next to Bangalore. Mysore is also the location of Mysore University, whose alumni include Kuvempu, Gopalakrishna Adiga, S. L. Bhyrappa, U. R. Ananthamurthy and N.R. Narayana Murthy. The All India Radio, the premier radio broadcasting arm of the Government of India had its beginnings here.

Traditionally, Mysore has been home to industries such as weaving, sandalwood carving, bronzework, and the production of lime and salt. The planned industrial growth of the city and the state was first envisaged in the ''Mysore economic conference'', held in 1911. This led to the establishment of industries such as the Mysore Sandalwood Oil Factory in 1917 and the Sri Krishnarajendra Mills in 1920.

In a survey conducted in 2001 by ''Business Today'', the business arm of India Today, Mysore was ranked the fifth-best city in India in which to conduct business and the second-cleanest city in India, where only Chandigarh ranked cleaner. Mysore has emerged as the hub of the tourism industry in Karnataka, attracting about 2.5 million tourists in 2006. National Parks 40–60 miles to the south include Bandipur National Park and Mudumalai National Park sanctuary for gaur, chital, elephants as well as Tigers, Indian Leopards and other threatened species.

For the industrial development of the city, the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has established four industrial areas in and around Mysore and are located in Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal (Electronic City) and Hootagalli areas. The major industries in Mysore include BEML, J. K. Tyres, Wipro, SPI,Unilog Content Solutions, Falcon Tyres, L & T, Theorem India pvt Ltd and Infosys. Since 2003, information technology companies have been creating bases in Mysore, with the city contributing Rs. 1100 crores (US$220 million) to Karnataka's IT exports in the financial year 2007–2008. Infosys has established one of the largest technical training centres in the world and Wipro has established its Global Service Management Center (GSMC) at Mysore. Non-IT related services have been outsourced from other countries to companies in Mysore.

The industrial sector in the city experienced setbacks when the automobile manufacturer Ideal Jawa and the Sri Krishnarajendra Mills closed their operations. Revival efforts, such as the takeover of the Krishnarajendra Mills by the Atlantic Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd. have been made, but these attempts have run into other problems.

Education

Before the advent of the English system of education in Mysore, ''agraharas'' imparted the Vedic system of education to Hindus and ''madrasas'' served as centres of learning for Muslims. Modern education saw its beginning in Mysore when a free English school was established in 1833. In 1854, the East India Company promulgated the ''Halifax Dispatch'' which looked at organising education based on the Western model within the princely state of Mysore. The first college to be set up for higher education in Mysore was the ''Maharajas College'', which was founded in 1864. In 1868, the Mysore state decided to establish ''hobli schools'' to extend education to the masses. Under this scheme, a school was established in each ''hobli'' (a locality within the city) and the education was free. This led to the establishment of a ''normal school'' in Mysore which imparted coaching to teachers who were meant to teach in the ''hobli schools''. In 1881, a high school exclusively for girls was established and this was later converted into the ''Maharanis Women's College''. In 1892, the ''Industrial School'', the first institute to impart technical education in the city was started and this was followed by the Chamarajendra Technical Institute in 1913. While the modern system of education was making inroads in the city, colleges such as the ''Mysore Sanskrit college'', which was established in 1876, continued to provide Vedic education.

The education system in Mysore received further impetus when the University of Mysore was established in 1916. This was the sixth university to be established in India and first in Karnataka. It was named ''Manasagangotri'' ("fountainhead of the Ganges of the mind") by the poet laureate, Kuvempu. The university caters to the districts of Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar in Karnataka. About 127 colleges (having a total student population of 53,000) are affiliated with the university. Mysore University is the only university in the state of Karnataka to get a grade of A+ from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India.

Education in the field of engineering was started in Mysore with the establishment of the National Institute of Engineering in 1946 the Second Oldest Engineering College in the State. Medical education started in 1930 when the Mysore Medical College was transferred from Bangalore to Mysore. Other institutes in the city include the Central Food and Technological Research Institute, the Central Institute of Indian Languages and the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. Prestigious B-Schools such as SDMIMD,JSS Center for Management studies, Bhavan's Institute of Management are located in Mysore city.

Art and culture

Known as the ''cultural capital'' of Karnataka, Mysore is well known for the festivities that take place during the period of Dasara, the state festival of Karnataka. The Dasara festivities, which are celebrated over a ten-day period, were first introduced by King Raja Wodeyar I in 1610. On the ninth day of Dasara, called ''Mahanavami'', the royal sword is worshipped and is taken on a procession of decorated elephants, camels and horses. On the tenth day, called ''Vijayadashami'', the traditional Dasara procession (locally known as ''Jumboo Savari'') is held on the streets of Mysore city. An image of the Goddess Chamundeshwari is placed on a golden mantapa on the back of a decorated elephant and taken on a procession, accompanied by tableaux, dance groups, music bands, decorated elephants, horses and camels. The procession starts from the Mysore Palace and culminates at a place called ''Bannimantapa'' where the ''banni'' tree (''Prosopis spicigera'') is worshipped. The Dasara festivities culminate on the night of ''Vijayadashami'' with a torchlight parade (locally known as ''Panjina Kavayatthu'').

Mysore is called the ''City of Palaces'' because of the number of palaces situated in the city, including Amba Vilas popularly known as Mysore Palace, Jaganmohana Palace which has now been converted into an art gallery, Rajendra Vilas also known as the summer palace, situated in the Chamundi Hills, Lalitha Mahal which has now been converted into a hotel and Jayalakshmi Vilas, which is now on the University of Mysore premises. The main palace of Mysore burned down in 1897, and the present-day structure was built on the same site. Externally, Amba Vilas palace exhibits an Indo-Saracenic architecture style though the interior is distinctly Hoysala style of architecture in nature. Even though the Government of Karnataka now maintains the Mysore palace, a small portion of the palace has been allocated for the erstwhile Royal family to live in. The Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion was constructed by Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar for his daughter Jayalakshammanni. It is now a museum dedicated to folk culture. A new gallery is being added for artifacts and collections of the Wodeyars of Mysore.

The Mysore painting style is an offshoot of the Vijayanagar school of painting. King Raja Wodeyar (1578–1617 CE) is credited with having been the patron for this style of painting. The distinctive feature of these paintings is the ''gesso'' work in which gold foils are pasted appropriately on the painting.

Mysore is the location of the International Ganjifa Research Centre, which is involved in the research of the ancient card game Ganjifa and the art associated with it. Mysore is known for rosewood inlay work, with an estimated 4,000 craftsmen involved in this art. The city lends its name to the ''Mysore silk saree'', a ladies' garment, made with pure silk and gold zari. Mysore has institutes such as the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), which offers education in visual art forms like painting, graphics, sculpture, applied art, photography, photo-journalism and art history. The theatre repertory Rangayana conducts plays and offers certificate courses on subjects related to theatre.

Notable Kannada littérateurs Kuvempu, Gopalakrishna Adiga and U. R. Ananthamurthy have had a long association with Mysore, partly because they had their education there and also served as professors at the Mysore University. The famous English novelist and creator of Malgudi, R. K. Narayan and his brother and cartoonist R. K. Laxman spent much of their life in Mysore.Renowned Violinists Dr.Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagaraj are originally from Mysore.

Transport

Air

Beginning in October 2010, the Mysore Airport (also known as the Mandakalli Airport due to its location) provides flights from Bangalore and Chennai through Kingfisher Airlines.

Railways

Mysore Railway Station has three railway lines that connect it to the cities of Bangalore, Hassan and Chamarajanagar. The first railway line established in the city was the Bangalore-Mysore Junction metre gauge line, which was commissioned in 1882. However, all railway lines that serve the city are single track ones which impede faster connectivity to the city. Though there are plans to double at least the Bangalore–Mysore track, the project is yet to be completed. All trains that connect to Mysore are operated by Indian Railways and the fastest train to serve the city is the Shatabdi Express. The new Railway Project will improve the development prospects of Mysore.

Roadways

Mysore is connected by National Highway NH-212 to the state border town of Gundlupet which then forks into the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The high traffic State Highway 17 which connects Mysore to Bangalore was, in 2006, upgraded to a four-lane highway which has reduced the travel time between the two cities. A project was planned in 1994 to construct a new expressway to connect the cities of Bangalore and Mysore. But this has run into numerous legal hurdles and the work has yet to be completed. Other main roads are State Highways 33 and 88, which connect Mysore to H D Kote and Madikeri respectively.

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and other private agencies operate buses from Mysore. A new division of KSRTC called Mysore City Transport Corporation (MCTC) has been proposed to be formed. Within the city, buses offer a cheap and popular means of transport. Auto-rickshaws are also available for intra-city commute. Tongas are popular in Mysore.

Media

Newspaper publishing in Mysore started in 1859 when Bhashyam Bhashyacharya began publishing a weekly newspaper in Kannada, called the ''Mysooru Vrittanta Bodhini''. This was followed by other weekly newspapers such as the ''Karnataka Prakashika'' (1865), the ''Mysore Gazette'' (1866) and the ''Vrittanta Patrike'' (1887). One of the well-known publishers in Mysore during the Wodeyar rule was M Venkatakrishnaiya, who is called the father of Kannada journalism. He started news magazines such as ''Sampadabhyudaya'', ''Vidyaadaayini'', the ''Mysore Patriot'' and ''Saadhvi''. Currently, popular newspapers with Mysore editions include the English-written Times of India and Deccan Herald, and the Kannada-written Prajavani and Vijaya Karnataka. The ''Star of Mysore'', ''Andolana'' and ''Mysooru Mithra'' and other local newspapers are also published in the city and these carry news mostly related to Mysore city and its surroundings. ''Sudharma'', the only daily newspaper in the Sanskrit language, is also published from Mysore.

Mysore was the location of the first private radio broadcasting station in India when ''Akashavani'' (which literally means ''voice from the sky'') was established in the city on September 10, 1935. The radio station was established by M.V. Gopalaswamy, a professor of psychology at his house in the Vontikoppal area of Mysore, using a 50-watt transmitter. The station was taken over by the princely state of Mysore in 1941 and was moved to Bangalore in 1955. In 1957, the name ''Akashvani'' was chosen as the official name of the All India Radio (AIR), the radio broadcaster of the Government of India. The AIR station at Mysore broadcasts an FM radio channel at 100.6 MHz, and Gyan Vani broadcasts on 105.2. BIG 92.7 became the first private FM channel to broadcast in Mysore when it started operations on November 1, 2007. S FM 93.5 also launched its radio station there in April 2008.

Mysore city started receiving television broadcasts in the early 1980s when Doordarshan started beaming its national channel all over India. This was the only channel available for Mysoreans till Star TV started beaming satellite channels in 1991. Direct to home channels are now available in Mysore.

Sports

The Wodeyar kings of Mysore were patrons of various games and sports. King Krishnaraja Wodeyar III had a passion for indoor games. He invented new board games and popularised the ganjifa card game. The sport of traditional wrestling has a history dating back to the 16th century in Mysore. This tradition still continues and the wrestling competition held in Mysore during the Dasara celebrations attracts wrestlers from all over India. An annual sports meet including various events is also organised in Mysore during the Dasara season.

In 1997, the city along with Bangalore co-hosted its biggest sports event ever, the National Games of India. Mysore was the venue for six events: archery, gymnastics, equestrian events, handball, table tennis and wrestling. Cricket is by far the most popular sport in Mysore. The city has four established cricket grounds, but is yet to host an international cricket match. Javagal Srinath, who represented India for several years as its fast bowling spearhead, hails from Mysore. Other prominent sportsmen from the city include Prahlad Srinath, who has represented India in Davis Cup tennis tournaments; Reeth Abraham, who was an Indian national champion in the heptathlon and a long jump record holder; and Rahul Ganapathy, a national amateur golf champion.

The Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club, an 18-hole golf course, was established in 1906. This golf course is laid around the Mysore race course, which is popular for the ''Mysore racing season'' held each year from August through October. Mysore is the birthplace of the youth hostel movement in India, with the first youth hostel formed in the Maharaja's College Hostel in 1949.

Tourism

Mysore is a tourism hot spot within the state of Karnataka and also acts as a base for other tourist places in the vicinity of the city. The city receives the maximum number of tourists during the period of the Dasara festival when festivities take place for a period of 10 days. One of the most visited monuments in India, the Ambavilas Palace (also known as Mysore Palace) is the center of the Dasara festivities. The Jaganmohana Palace, the Jayalakshmi Vilas and the Lalitha Mahal are some of the other palaces in the city. Chamundeshwari Temple, atop the Chamundi Hills and St. Philomena's Church are popular religious places in Mysore.

The Mysore Zoo, established in 1892, and the Karanji and Kukkarahalli lakes are also popular spots for tourists. Museums in Mysore include the Regional Museum of Natural History, the Folk Lore Museum, the Railway Museum and the Oriental Research Institute. The city is also a centre for yoga-related health tourism that attracts lot of foreign visitors as well. A Wax Museum "Melody World" was established in October 2010 based on Musical instruments exhibiting over 110 life-size wax statues and 300 musical instruments arranged in various bands and stage settings.

A short distance from Mysore city is the Krishnarajasagar Dam and the adjoining Brindavan Gardens where a musical fountain show is held in the evening. Places of historic importance lying close to Mysore are Srirangapatna, Somanathapura and Talakad. The hills, B R Hills and Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta and the hill stations of Ooty Sultan Battery and Madikeri are all near Mysore. Popular destinations for wildlife enthusiasts near Mysore include the National Parks at Bandipur and Nagarhole, the wildlife sanctuaries at Melkote and B R Hills and the bird sanctuaries at Ranganathittu and Kokrebellur. Other tourist spots near Mysore include the religious locations of Nanjanagud and Bylakuppe and the waterfalls at Shivanasamudra.

Mysore has about 180 parks and playgrounds. Most of the residential areas have their own small parks: e.g. Ambedkar Park in Jayanagar a southern city district has a 500-metre perimeter footpath. The newly built Andolan Circle Park has a walking track that takes five minutes for one round. This park is near Kuvempu Nagar in South Mysore. But many Mysoreans prefer to walk around the many lakes which pepper the landscape such as the central Kukarahalli Kere by the university where the journey around is about 4.5 kilometres. Another is the Lingabudhi Kere which has a footpath with bamboo forests and again takes more than 20 minutes for one round. This park it is a desirable neighbourhood to the southwest called Rama Krishna Nagar, 5 km away from the city centre.

Information technology

Mysore hosts several information technology related companies. Prominent amongst them is Infosys Technologies Limited. Infosys Mysore also has the largest training center for a private sector organization in Asia. It currently accommodates 15000 trainees each year. In 2009 a new training center has been opened which accommodates 10000 trainee software professionals.

Sister cities

Cupertino, California

See also

Culture of Mysore

Tourist attractions in Mysore

Notes

References

External links

Mysore Palace 3D Virtual Tour

Mysore City Corporation

Mysore Urban Development Authority

Official Mysore Tourism Website

Official Election Website of Mysore

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name	Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur
title	Maharaja of Mysore
reign	1940 - 1950
predecessor	Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
successor	Srikantha Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar
consort	Tripura Sundari Ammani
issue	Princess Gayatri Devi Avaru, Princess Meenakshi Devi Avaru, Yuvaraja Srikantha Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, Princess Kamakshi Devi Avaru, Princess Indrakshi Devi Avaru, Princess Vishalakshi Devi Avaru
royal house	Wodeyar
father	Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar
mother	Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvaja Amanni
birth date	18 July 1919
birth place	Mysore, India
death date	23 September 1974,
death place	Bangalore
buried	Mysore }}

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (July 18, 1919 – September 23, 1974) was the 25th and the last Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1940 to 1950. He was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist.

Biography

He was the only son of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar and Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvaja Amanni. He graduated from the Maharajas College, Mysore in 1938, earning five awards and gold medals. He was married the same year, on Sunday, 15 May 1938. He toured Europe during 1939, visiting many associations in London and became acquainted with many artists and scholars. He ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Mysore on September 8, 1940 after the demise of his uncle Maharaja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar.

He signed the Instrument of Accession with the Dominion of India on the eve of India attaining Independence in August 1947. The princely state of Mysore was merged with the Republic of India on January 26, 1950. He held the position of Rajpramukh of the State of Mysore from 1950–1956. After the integration of the neighboring Kannada-majority parts of the States of Madras and Hyderabad, he became the first Governor of the reorganized or unified State of Mysore, 1956–64 and later was transferred as the Governor of the State of Madras (Tamil Nadu), 1964-66.

Sports

He was a good horseman and a tennis player who helped Ramanathan Krishnan to participate at Wimbledon. He was also well-known for his marksmanship and was highly sought-after by his subjects whenever a rogue elephant or a maneating tiger attacked their immediate surroundings. There are many wildlife trophies attributed to him in the Palace collections. He was responsible for the famous cricketer/off-spin bowler, Mr. E.A.S. Prasanna's visit to West Indies as his father was otherwise reluctant to send him.

Music

He was a connoisseur of both western and Carnatic (South Indian classical) music and an acknowledged authority of Indian Philosophy. He helped the Western world discover the music of a little-known Russian composer Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880–1951), financing the recording of a large number of his compositions and founding the Medtner Society in 1949. Medtner's Third Piano Concerto is dedicated to the Maharaja of Mysore. He became a Licentiate of the Guild Hall of Music, London and honorary Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, in 1945. Aspirations to become a concert pianist were cut short by the untimely death of both his father the Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wodeyar in 1939 and his uncle the Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in 1940, when he succeeded the throne of Mysore.

He was the first president of the Philharmonia Concert Society, London in 1948 .See below copy of the programme sheets of some of the earliest concerts held at Royal Albert Hall on April 13, April 27 & May 11, 1949.

Walter Legge who was invited to Mysore by the Maharaja in this regard has stated:

"The visit to Mysore was a fantastic experience. The Maharajah was a young man, not yet thirty. In one of his palaces he had a record library containing every imaginable recordings of serious music, a large range of loud speakers, and several concert grand pianos...."

In the weeks I stayed there, the Maharajah agreed to paying for the recordings of the Medtner piano concertos, an album of his songs, and some of his chamber music; he also agreed to give me a subvention of 10,000 pounds a year for three years to enable me to put the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Philharmonia Concert society on firm basis...."

This largesse proved sufficient to transform Legge's fortunes in 1949. He was able to engage Herbert von Karajan as conductor. The repertory the Young Maharajah wished to sponsor like Balakirev Symphony, Roussel's Fourth Symphony, Busoni's Indian Fantasy etc. This association produced some of most memorable recordings of the post war period.

Maharaja also enabled Richard Strauss's last wish to be full filled by sponsoring an evening at Royal Albert Hall by London's Philharmonia Orchestra with German Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler in the lead and Soprano Flagstad singing his Four Last Songs (Going to Sleep, September, Spring, At Sunset) in 1950.

Maharaja was equally a good critic of music. When asked by Legge to pass judgement on recent additions to the EMI catalogue, his views were as trenchant as they were refreshingly unpredictable. He was thrilled to Karajan's Vienna Philhormonic recording of Beethoven's fifth symphony ('as Beethoven wished it to be'), held Furtwangler's recording of the Fourth symphony in high esteem and was disappointed by Galliera's account of the Seventh Symphony which he would have preferred Karajan to record. Above all he expressed serious doubts about Toscanini's recordings. 'The speed and energy are those of a demon', he wrote to Legge, 'not an angel or superman as one would ardently hope for'. One of the reasons he so admired Furtwangler' Beethoven was that it was 'such a tonic after Toscanini's highly stung, vicious performances'.

After becoming Maharaja, he was initiated to the Indian Classical Music (carnatic Music) due to the cultural vibrancy which prevailed in the Mysore Court till then. He learnt to play veena under Vid. Venkatagiriappa and mastered the nuances of carnatic music under the tutelage of Veteran Composer and Asthan Vidwan Sri. Vasudevacharya. He was also initiated in to the secrets of Shri Vidya as an upasaka (under assumed name chitprabhananda) by his guru Shilpi Siddalingaswamy. This inspired him to compose as many as 94 carnatic music kruti's under the assumed name of shri vidya. All the compositions are in different raga's and some of them for the first time ever. In the process He also built three temples in Mysore city: Bhuvaneshvari Temple and Gayatri Temple, located inside the Mysore Palace Fort, and Sri Kamakaameshwari Temple, situated on Ramanuja Road, Mysore. All three Temples were sculpted by the maharajs's Guru and famous sculptor, Shilpi Siddalingaswamy.

Many noted Indian musicians received patronage at his court, including Mysore Vasudevacharya, Veena Venkata Giriyappa, B. Devendrappa, V. Doraiswamy Iyengar, T. Chowdiah, Tiger Vardachar, Chennakeshaviah, Titte Krishna Iyengar, S.N.Mariappa, Chintalapalli Ramachandra Rao, R.N.Doreswamy, H.M.Vaidyalinga Bhagavatar.

The patronage and contribution of Wodeyars to carnatic has been researched in the 1980s by Prof. Mysore Sri V. Ramarathnam,Retired First Principal of the University College of Music and Dance, University of Mysore. The research was conducted under the sponsorship of University Grants Commission, Government of India. Prof. Mysore Sri V. Ramarathnam authored the book "Contribution and Patronage of Wodeyars to Music" that was published Kannada Book Authority, Bangalore.

Literary works

''The Quest for Peace: an Indian Approach'', University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 1959.

''Dattatreya: The Way & The Goal'', Allen & Unwin, London 1957.

''The Gita and Indian Culture'', Orient Longmans, Bombay, 1963.

''Religion And Man'', Orient Longmans, Bombay, 1965. Based on Prof. Ranade Series Lectures instituted at Karnataka University in 1961.

''Avadhuta: Reason & Reverence'', Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore, 1958.

''An Aspect Of Indian Aesthetics'', University of Madras, 1956.

''Puranas As The Vehicles Of India's Philosophy Of History'', Journal ''Purana'', issue #5, 1963.

''Advaita Philosophy'', Sringeri Souvenir Volume, 1965, pages 62–64.

''Sri Suresvaracharya'', Sringeri Souvenir Volume, Srirangam, 1970, pages 1–8.

''Kundalini Yoga'', A review of "Serpent Power" by Sir John Woodroff.

''Note on Ecological Surveys to precede Large Irrigation Projects''- Wesley Press, Mysore; 1955

''African Survey''-Bangalore Press; 1955

''The Virtuous Way of Life''- ''Mountain Path'' -July 1964 edition

He also sponsored the translation of many classics from Sanskrit to Kannada as part of the Jayachamaraja Grantha Ratna Mala, including 35 parts of the Rigveda. These are essentilly Ancient sacred scriptures in Sanskrit till then not available in kannada language comprehensively. All the books contains original text in kannada accompanied by kannada translation in simple language for the benefit of common man. In the history of Kannada literature such a monumental work was never attempted ! As Late H.Gangadhara Shastry - Asthan (court) Astrologer and Dharmadhikari of Mysore Palace - who himself has contributed substantially in the above works -has stated that Maharaja used to study each and everyone of these works and discuss them with the authors. It seems on a festival night ( on shivaratri), he was summonned in the middle of the night and advised him to simplify the use of some difficult kannada words in one of the books.

The following is a list of books published under this series:

''RugvEda - in 35 parts''

''shaMkarAcArya's stOtras - in 2 parts''

''mUkapaMcashatI''

''kAmakalpa tarustava''

''tripurasuMdarI mAnasika pUjA''

''gurugItA

''shivagItA''

''mahAmasta purashcaraNa vidhiH''

''ShoDashI pUjA kalpa''

''bhuvanEshvarI pUja kalpa''

''rudra mahAnyAsa prayOga''

''sUktagaLu''

purANagaLu

''dEvI bhAgavata in 5 parts; translated by eDatore caMdrashEKarashAstrI (year 1942-43)''

''shiva purANa''

''shiva rahasya''

''skAMda mahApurANa''

''kALikA purANa''- in 2 parts: by hAsanada paMDit veMkaTarAv (28-5-44)

''vaRAha purANa''

''bhaviShya purANa''

''gaNesha purANa''

''vAmana purANa''

''kaMcI mahAtmye''

''viShNu dharmOttara purANa''

''brahmAMDa purANa''

''nAradIya purANa''

''rAma maMtra mahime, (agastya saMhite)''

''narasiMha purANa''

''sAMba purANa''

''saura purANa''

''Adi purANa''

''kalki purANa''

'' matsya purANa''

''kUrma purANa''

''shiva tatva sudhAnidhiH''- By vE.bra|| es. sItArAmashAstri (24-6-49)

''hAlAsya mahAtmye''

''gArgya saMhitA''

''brahma vyevarta purANa''

''brahma purANa''

''shaMkara saMhite''

''padmapurANa''

''viShNu purANa in three parts: Translated by paMDita gaMjAM timaNNayya; year 1948; Total pages (492+460+463)''

maMtrashAstra -sahasranAma - upaniShat

''parivAsya rahasya''

''tripurAtApinyupaniShat''''

''lalitAtrishati bhAShya

''tripurA rahasya''''

''shrIKAMDa sArArtha bhOdhinI

''sUta saMhitE''

''vanadurgOpaniShat''

''shAradA sahasranAma''

''gaNesha sahasranAma''

''dakShiNAmUrti sahasranAma''

''shiva pUja paddhati''

( while writing the above titles in English transliteration rules as per popular free software http://www.baraha.com/ is used)

Titles

1919-11 March 1940: Maharajkumar Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

11 March-3 July 1940: His Highness Yuvaraja Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Mysore

3 July 1940-1945: His Highness Maharaja Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore

1945-1946: His Highness Maharaja Sri Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, GCSI

1946-1962: His Highness Maharaja Sri Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, GCB, GCSI

1962-1974: Major-General His Highness Maharaja Sri Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore, GCB, GCSI

Honours

The British Government honored him with the GCSI in 1945 and GCB in 1946.

''Doctor of Literature'' from the University of Queensland, Australia

''Doctor of Literature'' from the Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.

''Doctor of Law'' from the Banaras Hindu University

''Doctor of Laws'', honoris causa from University of Mysore( 1962).

Fellow & president of Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi, 1966

First Chairman of the Indian Wild Life Board.

Founder-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Family

Sisters:

Princess Vijaya Lakshmi Ammani, later Rani Vijaya Devi of Kotda Sangani.

Princess Sujaya kantha Ammani, later the Thakurani Sahiba of Sanand.

Princess Jaya Chamunda Ammani Avaru, later H.H. Maharani Sri Jaya Chamunda Ammani Avaru Sahiba, Maharani of Bharatpur.

Wives:

#H.H. Maharani Sathya Prema Kumari of Charkhari. The wedding was held on May 15, 1938. The marriage failed; the Maharani settled at Jaipur. There were no children by this marriage.

#H.H. Maharani Tripura Sundari Ammani Avaru. The wedding was held on April 30, 1944. This marriage produced six children. Both the Maharanis died in 1983 within a span of 15 days.

Children: #Princess Gayatri Devi Avaru, (1946–1974), who predeceased her father. #Princess Meenakshi Devi Avaru, b.1951. #HH Maharaja Sri Srikantha Datta Narasimharaja Wodeyar (b. 1953). #Princess Kamakshi Devi Avaru, b.1954. #Princess Indrakshi Devi Avaru, b.1956. #Princess Vishalakshi Devi Avaru, b.1962.

External links

Address to the V.H.P. at its Prayag congress

Speech as a Freemason

Article in Frontline magazine on H.H. Jayachamaraja Wodeyar

Website of the Royal Family of Mysore

Some News

Jaya Chamaraja, the last Maharaja

Richard Strauss's Epitaph

Vaggeyakara I

Vaggeyakara II

/ A Historical Anthropology of Mysore from 1799 to the present by Dr. Aya Ikegame

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Dr. Mysore Manjunath() is an Indian violinist.

Child prodigy

Amazingly Gifted Violin Maestro Dr. Mysore Manjunath represents Carnatic classical music, one of the main branches of Indian music. He was born in the city of Mysore, which is a centre for music, in South India. He trained on the violin under his father, Prof. Mahadevappa, a veteran musician belonging to the Bidaram krishnappa school in the lineage of Sri Thyagaraja, one of the great composers of Indian classical Music. Manjunath gave his first violin concert when he was 8 years. A player with out standing creativity and technical virtuosity, Manjunath soon became one of the brilliant violinists in India.He has performed all over the world, enthralling Music lovers with his remarkable musicianship. From child prodigy to trail blazer, captivating audiences & critics, Violinist par excellence Dr.Manjunath has created unrivalled record as Star performer in prestigious organizations world over He is one of the youngest musicians to be awarded an A-Top status in India today.Manjunath & his brilliant elder brother Mysore Nagaraj make a formidable violin Duet team.

Academic excellence

Dr.Mysore Manjunath holds PhD from the University of Mysore. He won Gold medals in his degree and master degree examinations along with first Rank. He is on the faculty at the University of Mysore and is guiding research scholars at the department of music. Dr. Manjunath has collaborated with innumerable reputed musicians including Mark O'Connor, Jai Uttal, Mark Wood, Joe Cravin, Fabrizio Cassol, Ned Mcgowan, Fred Hamilton, Riccardo Nova,Todd Haaby and Priyo. His fusion concerts with renowned music groups such as Akamoon,Spenifex & Ictus have been well received in Europe. His Jugalbandhi concerts with Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ronu Majumdar, Rafik khan,Purbayan chatterji and Tejendra Majumdar have been successful all over the world. Dr. Manjunath has been one of the first Indian violinists to be invited to perform at the International Violin conference held in San Diego.

Awards and honours

Manjunath received many laurels and accolades in his childhood. He is one of the youngest recipients of the Rajyothsava Award by the government of Karnataka. He has been honoured with many titles and awards that include Aryabhata, Sangeeth Samrat, Sathyashri, Sangitha Vidwanmani, Samskruthi Sinchana Award, Best Violinist Awards from Madras Music academy, the Excellence Award from the American Institute of World Culture, the American Arts Council Award,Y.T.Tatachari National Award, and the Meritorious Award from the University of Central Oklahoma, USA.

Some of the Important concerts

Manjunath has performed all over the world at innumerable important concert stages. to name a few,

Concert at the world famous Sydney Opera House, Australia

Royal Charity concert in Kuala Lumpur before the King of Malaysia

SAARC summit

World Music Festival in Chicago

Common Thread Festival in Oregon

European Cultural Festival in the UK

International Violin conference in the US

Festival of India in London

Delhi International Arts Festival

Santa Fe Music Festival in New Mexico

Concert at Federation Square in Melbourne

Bozar Music festival-Brussels

Federation Square- Melbourne

Theatre de Lille-France

Singapore Fine Arts

Special concert before the President of the Republic of Namibia

Putra World Trade Centre – Kaula Lampur

Jazzaar Festival in Switzerland

Theatre da la ville in Paris

Milano music festival in Italy

Esplanade Theatre in Singapor

Congregational church at Portland, Oregon

German Radio live concert from Baden church

Brussels town hall in Belgium

BBC and Australian broadcasting corporation

He has conducted workshops and presented papers and demonstrations at many reputed universities including the University of Delaware, Wesleyan University, University of Iowa, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, University of North Texas, University of Osaka in Japan, MIT, Texas A&M; University, Griffith University -Australia, and University of North Carolina.

References

http://www.csus.edu/music/bravo/worldmusic.htm

http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/04/stories/2007100453850700.htm

http://cdbaby.com/cd/tnmm

http://www.mysoresamachar.com/raj_awards_03.htm

http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/music/music_details.asp?code=148&source;=1

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-14/mysore/28305072_1_violinist-award-maestros

http://yeglive.ca/artists/6u9s1943/mysore-manjunath

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/realm-of-rhythms/764582/

http://www.edmontonragamala.ab.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view;=article&id;=75%3Amysore-manjunath-&catid;=37&Itemid;=60

http://www.tsweekly.com/sound/on-stage/liner-notes-violin-india-style.html

http://www.mysooru.com/mysorebrothers.html

External links

Official Website

Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Indian violinists Category:Carnatic instrumentalists Category:Living people Category:People from Mysore Category: People from Karnataka

Mysore Vasudevachar (May 28, 1865 - May 17, 1961) was a renowned composer of Carnatic music compositions as also an accomplished singer. Tyagaraja --> Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Iyer --> Patnam Subramania Iyer --> Mysore Vasudevacharya

Life & Career

Vasudevachar was born in Mysore and started learning music from Veena Padmanabhiah, the chief musician of the Mysore court. He also mastered Sanskrit and allied fields such as Kavya, Tarka, Vyakarana, Nataka, Itihasa, Purana, Sahitya et al... having studied at the Maharaja Sanskrit college in Mysore. He then went on to learn from the famous composer cum musician Patnam Subramania Iyer and imbibed the music of not only his Guru but also other great maestros of the Thanjavur delta. Vasudevachar eventually became the chief court musician(Asthana Vidwan) at the Mysore court. He was known for his madhyama-kala tanam singing which he learnt from his Guru. Patnam Subramania Iyer often requested his sishya "Vasu" to help him with the sahitya(lyric) aspects of his compositions. This aspect of his training undoubtedly helped Vasudevachar as a composer. Vasudevachar belonged to the direct line of Thyagaraja's disciples. The lineage is as follows:

Vasudevachar's compositions (numbering over 200) were mostly in Telugu and Sanskrit. Some of his most popular kritis include Brochevarevarura in Khamas raga, Devadideva in Sunadavinodini, Mamavatu Sri Saraswati in Hindolam, "Bhajare Re Manasa" in "Abheri" and "Ra Ra Rajeevalochana Rama" in Mohanam. He published a large number of his compositions in the book Vasudeva Kirtana Manjari. His compositions in Telugu have such sweetness and lilt, and beautifully blend with the tune of the raga as do the Sanskrit compositions, which are mellifluous. His songs reflect his mastery over Sanskrit language and show his erudition and scholarship in Sanskrit literature. In his Telugu compositions, one can see the deep insight he had into the language. He considered his insight into Telugu as a gift from Thyagaraja (Thyagaraja's bhiksha). Unlike the Dasa kuta songs, his compositions don't have any Dvaita undertones but many have the words "Paramapurusha Vasudeva" or "Vasudeva" which means the supreme Vasudeva/Lord Vishnu which incidentally is also his mudra or signature. True to his Vaishnava heritage and the Thyagaraja shishya parampara to which he belonged, most of his compositions are in praise of Lord Rama his favourite deity. In addition to Kritis and Keertanas, he also composed Varnams, Thillanas, Javalis and slokas. His admiration for the trinity of Carnatic music specially Thyagaraja resulted in "Srimadadi Thyagaraja Guruvaram" in Kalyani, "Shri Ramachandra"(a ragamalika)and two other ragamalikas in praise of Muthuswamy Dikshithar and Shyama Sastri. Vasudevachar's compositions are thus like sugar candy which gives one instant pleasure and yet lingers on in the mind and heart long after.

He is also credited with two writings in Kannada, one of them an autobiography called Nenapugalu (meaning "memories") and Na Kanda Kalavidaru (meaning "The musicians I have met") in which he wrote the biographies of many well known musicians.[1]

Mysore Vasudevachar also taught in Rukmini Devi's Kalakshetra, (founded in 1936). He was already quite old by then, but thanks to Rukmini Devi he agreed to shift to Kalakshetra. He became the chief musician in Kalakshetra and helped in setting the Ramayana to music. He died in the year 1961 at the ripe old age of 96. He lived a simple and austere life devoted to the study of Sanskrit and music.

S. Rajaram, his grandson worked at Kalakshetra eventually taking charge of the institution at Rukmini Devi's request. Vasudevachar had composed the music for only the first four kandas and it was left to Rajaram to finish the work. An accomplished musician and Sanskrit scholar, he remains amongst the few musicians, the sole repository of Vasudevachar's compositions. He died on June 2, 2009.

S. Krishnamoorthy, his other grandson worked at All India Radio(A.I.R) and has translated his grandfather's memoirs into English. He's also published a memoir of his own.

Compositions

{|class="wikitable" ! ''Composition'' !! ''Raga'' !! ''Tala'' !! ''Type'' !! ''Language'' !! ''Audio Links'' |- | ''bhajana sEyarAda SrI rAmuni'' || ''dharmavati'' || ''rUpaka'' || '' || ''Telugu'' || ''Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan (Part 1) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WNYzUXbe4'' ''Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan (Part 2) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcS0nExnwHk'' |- | '' brOcE vArevaru rA'' || ''kamAs'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Telugu'' || ''MS Subbulakshmi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqd9Pmksx8s'' ''Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2QkYh9Eesc'' ''Bombay Sisters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHwqrpXxHms'' ''Nagavalli Nagaraj - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEY07a-3NcQ'' |- | ''girijA ramaNA natajana sharaNA'' || ''gambhIra nATa'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || ''Vani Sateesh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TpEJtzi-aw |- | ''gOkula nilaya kRpAlaya pAlaya'' || ''abhEri'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || ''TM Krishna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fHEVqhre7o'' |- | ''mAmavatu SrI saraswatI'' || ''Hindola'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || ''Priya Sisters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnvGV7GtKlM'' ''Sudha Raghunathan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_-UV1mLZug'' |- | ''mari mari vaccunA mAnava janma'' || ''kAmbhOji'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Telugu'' || '' |- | ''nIkEla daya rAdu rAmacandrA'' || ''kadana kutUhalam'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Telugu'' || '' |- | ''nimishamainA shrI rAmaA yana rAdA'' || ''sAma'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Telugu'' || '' |- | ''ramA ramaNa nArAyaNA'' || ''nAga swarALi'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || '' |- | ''vara lakshmI namOstu tE'' || ''gourI manOhari'' || ''rUpaka'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || '' |- | ''Sri Chamundeshwari'' || ''bilahari'' || ''Adi'' || '' || ''Sanskrit'' || '' |}

Notes

References

Pranesh, Meera Rajaram (2003), Musical Composers during Wodeyar Dynasty (1638-1947 A.D.), Vee Emm Publications, Bangalore

Musical Nirvana biography

Interview with S. Rajaram.

A profile of this maestro.

See also

List of Carnatic composers

Category:Carnatic composers Category:1865 births Category:1961 deaths Category:People from Mysore