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Tudor-revival palace built in 1878 — privately owned by the Wadiyar (Mysore royal) family, modelled on Windsor Castle.

12th-century Hoysala masterpiece on the Yagachi river — soapstone carving of a density unmatched anywhere in Indian temple architecture.

Karnataka's coffee country — Madikeri town, the Talacauvery river source, Abbey Falls, and a Kodava warrior culture distinct from the Kannada plains.

Twin-shrine Hoysala temple at Halebidu — over 240 metres of continuous narrative friezes from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Bhagavata Purana.

The ruined capital of the Vijayanagara empire — granite boulders, Dravidian temples, and a 14th-century bazaar still partly intact.

Sri Radha Krishna-Chandra Temple — the largest ISKCON temple in the world, opened 1997 on Hare Krishna Hill.

253-metre four-stream waterfall on the Sharavati river — the second-highest plunge waterfall in India and the most spectacular in late monsoon.

240-acre botanical garden founded by Hyder Ali in 1760 — Bangalore's green lung and home to the bi-annual Republic Day flower show.

The Indo-Saracenic palace of the Wadiyar maharajas, lit by 100,000 bulbs every Sunday and during the Dasara festival.

Tipu's modest 'Rashk-e-Jannat' (Envy of Heaven) — a 1791 teakwood pavilion that ASI now runs as a small museum.

Karnataka's neo-Dravidian state legislature building — the largest such structure in India and a Bangalore icon since 1956.