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Day 5
Monday, January 9, 2006
Bangalore - Mysore
Breakfast at the hotel.
AM: Leave Bangalore for Mysore by road. Mysore is about 86 miles from Bangalore - takes about 2-3 hours. Road construction is going on throughout the stretch and hence the delay. On arrival check in at the hotel.
PM: Sightseeing.
In Mysore we will be staying in the Hotel Southern Star.
Mysore is a city of palaces, gardens, shady avenues and sacred temples and retains some of the charm of the old world with its many institutions that propagate Carnatic (Southern Indian) Classical music and dance.
Sightseeing in Mysore includes visiting the palace of the Maharaja built in 1911-12. The palace is a harmonious synthesis of the Hindu and Saracenic styles of architecture with archways, domes, turrets, colonnades and sculptures which are magnificent.
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