And Shameen looked at me and barked “Nee Malayaliyo atho tholayaliyo?” You can’t blame Shameen though; I should’ve asked for more specific directions from that Malayali uncle I met. Oh, didn’t I tell you we’ve been trying to reach Mysore Palace for a long while? And didn’t I tell you we are stingy misers that it’s blasphemy for us to hire a rickshaw? Earlier another man explained some routes to reach the palace, but after 30 minutes of walking, we reached the KSRTC bus stand.
On seeing the long line of buses,
Shameen: Dubaiyil evideyada Bhagyarajum Radheem??
Me: aa kallan Gafoorka nammale pattichu!!
Well, now we have almost circumnavigated the palace and found 3 of the 4 gates, none of which were the entrance. So the remaining one should be the spot and boy! we could barely descry it. Jumped and hopped in, took out my old camera and voila!!, here we go:
Photography was not allowed inside the palace. Hence had to restrict the photos to its appurtenances and patios.
And one fine evening.............
24 comments:
i was a resident in mysore for almost 2 years..i could have offered a guided tour..
pinee mysore palaceille kingum queenum ekke close friends aanei!! ente perru paranju oru chayaa kudichittu poraam aayirunnu..anyways next time...
Well..mysore lost all its glamour after i moved out!! :-I
I mean mysore city...nee zoo ennu paranju verrum ennu enikku ariyaam!!! :-P
Men never ask for directions alle :D Pinne autocharge laabhikyaan nokiyaal enganne okke undavvum ..
LOL at mathew .. he exactly knows where he belongs .. the zoo :D
Couldn't help laughing.
It happens to us all the time in Mysore - we keep losing our way while we drive from Bangalore to Kochi via Bandipur. We enter Mysore and then what seems like hours later suddenly we are on that road filled with pot holes - each time we reach there by a different road.
And everyone keeps shaking their head at us :-)
btw, beautiful pictures!
great pics.. especially the first n last 2.. :)
Oh, n what is 'tholayali'??
@mathew: Njaan Mathaide friend aanennu aviduthe locals inte eduthu paranju; pandu athletics il 1st prize neediyittullathu konde thadi kedaakathi naattil thirichu oodiyethaan patti. Aah, pinne Zoovile simhavaalan kurangu ellaam anveshanam ariyikkaan paranju. ;)
@deepti: I asked for directions; but some misunderstandings. And auto! No way! The inmates of the zoo really miss Mathew, I came to know ;)
@wanderlust: Ha! You at least have a car; what about walking for about an hour and getting lost ;) But it's a pretty good place, I should say. :)
@jane: Danke! tholayali? Hmm, let's just say, it's something like tholayaan pookunnavan. ;)
Some trivia about the Mysore Zoo: The zoo has the distiction of the tightest security in India. There was however a breach about three years ago, when an in mate jumped out and was never seen again. He was last seen in Hamburg. Zoo authorities are confident of finding him. There was another attempt to breach the security when recently, two people from Kerala jumped inside the gorilla enclosure and tried to blend in by going bananas.
InFLASH NEWS:
Indian govt announces plans to expand the Bannerghatta national park to accomodate a new and rare inmate. The 'she' inmate has been causing much trouble to residents of Koramangala and Shivaji Nagar apparently. This has come as a much awaited response from the government after desperated pleas from Bangaloreans and an all faith mass retreat prayers conducted at Infant Jesus Church to save the people from the alleged inmate. The new state of the art Banerghatta park would have 20 metre high iron scaffoldings for extra security.
Also in other news the indian government has sued The Deutschland Republic for trying to keep in captive a highly renowned and remarkable intelligent HUMAN BEING for 3 years. Desperate pleas from the citizen.."THE COUNTRY NEEDS ME......." at the high court in Hamburg fell in deaf ears. International pressure has mounted to release the high profile citizen whose return is expected to help India over come the economic crisis, poverty, illiteracy and catapult the country to the biggest power the world has ever seen...Military action has not been ruled out the defence secretary has said. ~ Press Club of Kudappanakunnu P.O
@eebil: Please refer to Press Mathai's comment below.
@press: Please refer to eebil silberine's comment above.
As they say in Physics, when particle meets anti-particle, both gets destroyed. Only Thomman remains :P
Please take your highly unrenowned and unremarkable unintelligent NON HUMAN BEING who has been living illegally here for the past 3 years. Desperate pleas from the citizens of India .."THE COUNTRY DOES NOT NEED HIM......." at the high court in Hamburg fell in deaf ears. International pressure has mounted to kick out the low profile citizen whose return is expected to push India into an economic crisis, poverty, illiteracy and crash-land the country to the lowest power the world has ever seen...Military action has not been ruled out if India does not take him back. ~ Press Club of Hamburg P.O
The country apologises to the esteemed readers here for the above comment as it has come to our notice that anti-social elements are trying to use our name for covert activities.
We are still in negotiations with GOI and hope to arrive at a solution soon.
Meanwhile as a goodwill gesture we have offered GOI to offload the very dangerous thomman particle in space during a stopover in our planned moon mission.
I am sorry to inform that the request regarding the Banerghatta inmate couldnot be entertained due to risks associated with carrying such volatile explosive and dangerous cargo!
We do not have any envoys!
Since the real envoy has threatened me with legal actions. I apologise for all the comments i have made so far here!
okay. accepted.
:-P
The last two comment was from me actually! :|
I wonder what'll be the ramifications if Angela Merkel happens to see this comment section. Firstly, she'll kick out Press Mathai from Deutschland to India, which will then route Mathai to Guantanamo Bay. Secondly, she'll drop a bomb on poomanam, hence making it a rubble-maanam.
No prizes for guessing who'll have the last laugh! ;) :D
I declare peace!
Ahem..what about the two people from Kerala who jumped inside the gorilla enclosure and tried to blend in by going bananas? Did they succeed in blending in or were they caught and pureed?
Yes yes, the two highly skilled people from Kerala were in fact trying to appease the male gorilla in the enclosure. One of the highly skilled people was actually a friend of a female gorilla in B'lore and this highly skilled friend has made all arrangements to transport the male gorilla to his perfect loving companion in B'lore. The highly skilled friend hopes that the couple will live happily ever after in the Bannerghatta national park.
And please, spare everyone's compliments for the highly skilled person; he did it for the sake of well being of Bangalore residents. No sweat!
@Thomas/Silberine/Deutschland/envoy
How childish of you folks to behave like this at the comment section in a blog. Cant you guys behave more maturely...quite a shame to say that you folks are my friends..
*walking away with the moral high ground...
@mathew: Sorry Sir, but we people have the innocent, naive & guileless heart of a kid. Unspoiled we are, yes; not succumbing to the artful, callus & sly forces on earth; and still retaining the pristine characteristics of childhood *cough*cough*cough*
@anjali & mathew: Thank you for filling this space with fun and wits. The comments section was far better than the post, to be perfectly honest. Danke :)
nice pics!
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