Splendours Of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story Of The Wodeyars

After reading this book, a reader would feel that Mysore is not just a city but it is indeed a city of palaces and culture. It was in the summer of 1399 ad that disaster struck a small principality of Southern India. Mahisuru, which later went on to become Mysore, had lost its chieftain and was vulnerable to the machinations of a cunning upstart. Around the same time, two young aspirants left their ancestral home in Dwaraka, Gujarat, and proceeded Southwards in search of fame. Yaduraya, the elder of the two aspirants, was destiny’s chosen man to lead a valiant attack against the vile upstart, rescue the family in distress, wed the princess and assume the lordship of the place. This event marked the birth of the Wodeyar Dynasty, which was among India’s longest reigning royal houses