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This shrine dedicated to Ganesha is attached to the Mysore Palace building serves as a private shrine to the Wodeyar family

This shrine dedicated to Ganesha is attached to the Mysore Palace building serves as a private shrine to the Wodeyar family.  According to legends, this shrine was saved when the whole of the palace was destroyed in a fire in 1897. Later when the palace was rebuilt in the present form, the Ganesha shrine got integrated to the palace structure.

The shrine is accessd through the passage near the Durbar Hall.  See also Temples in Mysore Palace.

1    7 Palaces of Mysore   
2    Architecture of Mysore Palace   
3    Balarama Jayarama Gateway   
4    Bhuvaneshwari Temple   
Tower of the Ganesha Temple (marked in green box)

tower of the ganesha temple

All these towers are made in different architectural styles. The tower of Ganesha shrine is in the typical Hindu style. The whitewashed towers are of Rajput architecture. The design of the metal clad onion domes belongs to the Islamic school of architecture. Again the chattri over the dome is a Sarsanic feature. See architecture of Mysore Palace.

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