List of Heritage Buildings in Mysore

This article contains a list of heritage monuments and edifices in and around Mysore city. The city of Mysore features a number of historical structures built before the Indian Independence as well as modern classical-architecture buildings raised since then.

The history of Mysore city, in particular, and of the Deccan Plateau in general, spans across both the pre- and post-Independence eras. Mysore is believed to have been formed into a republic even before the mythical times of Medieval India. The regions in and around the Mysore belts find mentioning from Vedic scripts, where the region is termed as Mahishaka (the mighty/great kingdom).

History

Over the centuries, before and after the Common Era, the region was ruled by different, numerous dynasties, mostly South Indian ones, like the

Hoysalas, and others, until it was ruled by the last dynasty, the Wadiyars, the government of whose kingdom was transferred to them by its superior predecessor, the Vijayanagara Empire, in 1399, and gradually, the Vijayanagara Empire itself declined to its entirety, resulting in the Wadiyar dynasty's being the very last principal Indian royal family to have ruled the South

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Patrons during Princely India

Most of the construction works undertaken by earlier empires and monarchies have either been completely destroyed over time, owing to rampages of the Deccan Sultanates, or have been dismantled by the following monarchies. However, most of the structures in Mysore City, and in fact, in the cities in the Kingdom of Mysore, which includes as close as Bangalore, Erode, Shimoga, Chitradurga, among others, were built between the early 1700s and the late 1940s, and are, hence, often attributed to the Wadiyars.

Since Mysore was the capital city of the kingdom for almost six centuries (excluding, of course, shifting the capital to Seringapatam for a brief period during Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan's rule), the Wadiyars were directly supervising the construction and progress of the city. Construction in other Mysore Kingdom cities were delegated to subordinates, like that of Bangalore to Kempe Gowda I (between 1510 and 1569 under Chamaraja Wodeyar II and Chamaraja Wodeyar III), Shimoga to Shivappa Nayaka (between 1645 and 1660 under Kanthirava Narasaraja I), et cetera. After the decline of strong subordinates and the influence of British rule, the Wadiyars became principal, direct rulers of Mysore Kingdom, with supervisors mostly being the Diwans (Prime Ministers) of Mysore and British agents. Therefore, while other cities attribute their progress to the subordinates of the Wadiyars, Mysore credits all its progress to the Wadiyars. After the abolishment of absolute monarchy, most of the structures are being used by the democratic government bodies, like the Indian Government's using Cheluvamba Vilas Palace as CFTRI, University of Mysore's using Jayalakshmi Vilas Palace as University Museum and Oriental Research Library as Museum Library, and the Karnataka Government's using several palaces for tourism attraction, just to name a few within Mysore city.

List of Pre-Independence Edifices

Historical and heritage buildings in Mysore
Year	Name	Currently
Palaces
1861	Jaganmohana Palace	Currently, Shri Jayachamarajendra Arts Gallery and Jaganmohana Palace Arts and Crafts Museum
1905	Jayalakshmi Vilas Palace	Now, Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion
1912	Mysore Palace	Palace: temporary tenant: Government of Karnataka; owners: the royal family
1916	Chittaranjan Palace	Currently, The Green Hotel, an eco-friendly hotel
1918	Cheluvamba Vilas Palace	Currently, Cheluvamba Vilas Mansion; used by CFTRI
1921	Lalithamahal Palace	Currently, The Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, a three-star hotel
1924	Rajendra Vilas Palace	Now, a private palace of the royal family
Academic Buildings
1840	Hardwick High School
1851	Maharaja's College
1876	Marimallappa's High School
1887	Oriental Research Institute Mysore	A national library
1915	Crawford Hall	University of Mysore
1917	Maharani's College
1917	Chamarajendra Technical Institute
1924	Mysore Medical College
	Sri Chamarajendra Ursu Boarding School
1927	Yuvaraja's College
1940	D Banumaiah's Post-Graduation College
1940	D Banumaiah's College of Commerce and Arts
Government Buildings
1840	DC Office
1895	Public Offices
1899	Law Court Buildings
Public Buildings
1870	Railway Station
1879	Lansdowne Building	Commercial Complex
1884	Town Hall
1886	Devaraja Market	Commercial Complex
1889	Cheluvamba Hospital
1918	Krishnarajendra Hospital
Religious Buildings
1670s	Chamundeshwari Temple
1810	The Parakala Mutt
1933	St Philomina's Church
1925	Masjid E Azam