Lalitha Mahal Palace
On a low hill, just outside the royal city of Mysore, stand
a shimmering white palace - a splendid Italianate palazzo, double-columned and
domed - set in sparawling terraced and landscaped gardens. This is the Lalitha
Mahal Palace, built by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore to host his most
important guest, the Viceroy of India.
The Lalitha Mahal is now one of India's most opulent hotels,
a palace hotel that offers an experience of princely living in a real
Maharaja's palace.
Set on a ridge commanding a panoramic view of the gently
sloping and curving valley, at the foot of the Chamundi hill, this dream-like
palace was built in the year 1931 for special guests of the Maharajas. The
building is a majestic, two-storey composition of twin ionic columns, a
projecting porch on the ground floor, spherical domes with laterns and the
central dome which dominates the elevation.
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