Chamundi Hills is one of the important tourist destinations in Mysore. The Chamundi Hills is famous for its ancient old Chamundeshwari Temple. Chamundi Hill is about 13 Kms from the Mysore Palace. The hills are named after the goddess Chamundi (also called Chamundeshwari). According to the belief, Goddess Chamundi killed the demon kind Mahishasura and a fight and to honour her, a temple is built.
A gigantic statue of Mahishasura at the entrance of the Chamundeshwari temple. This makes an appropriate background for the those tourists who wants to take photographs.
Entrance of the temple
Temple tower which was built during the time of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III in 1827
An old lady selling Pooja items
A small shop selling handicraft items. Not only handicraft items, almost everything you can buy from small shops arranged on both sides of the path leading to the temple entrance
One of the two brass statues placed in front of the temple entrance
Temple area is blessed with lot of monkeys and cows to entertain the pilgrims.
A board displaying the Pooja timing and Darshan timings to the temple
The temple area is purely a plastic free zone but the vicinity of the temple look so dirty with lot of discarded plastic bags and the drainage from the nearby small shops
This is one of the pictures displayed inside the Godly Museum at the entrance of the Temple.
The temple at the hill top can be reached by road and foot. Buses are plying frequently (Bus No. 216) from Mysore city bus stand to the Temple. Stone stairs (about 1180) from the foot of the hill to the temple and en route you can see a huge Nandi statue (that hill is named as Nandi hills). From Nandi hills, you can enjoy the Ariel view of the Mysore city.
This is one of the must visit place in Mysore.
