Mysore Palace

Mysore, Karnataka, India
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/125 sec, f/7.1, ISO100

Last month, while on a business trip to India, some colleagues too me to visit the city of Mysore, about 140km from where I was staying in Bangalore.
The Mysore Palace (also known as Amba Vilas Palace) was one of the highlights of the visit to Mysore. It is situated on large grounds, with various temples and other buildings located around the grounds. Apparently Mysore Palace is one of the most famous tourist attractions in India after the Taj Mahal.

The Palace itself is an amazing building to walk through, with lots of marble, gold, stained glass, and plenty of huge murals on the walls. Unfortunately, no cameras are allowed in the Palace itself, so I was unable to capture the amazing interior, but I did take a number of photos of the exterior of the building.

The exterior of the building is covered with 97,000 light bulbs, and is illuminated on weekends, holidays and festivals. Apparently it is an amazing sight to see the building at night with all the lights on, but we headed back to Bangalore before dark.

the main gate of Mysore Palace

Mysore, Karnataka, India
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/200 sec, f/7.1, ISO100