Mysore aerial view of Mysuru temple, township, Chamundi Hills

Flying over residential area in Mysore in Karnataka. Vidhyaranyapura - Nanjangud road, Chamundi hills road,can be seen from air. University cricket stadium is next to kukkarahalli lake can be easily spotted., Manasa Gangotri clock tower, University of mysore round canteen and Center For Information Science & Technology is clearly visible. Mysore is surrounded by coconut trees. Located 12 kms from Mysore are the Chamundi Hills which lie 3,489 ft. above ground. One can reach atop the hills through a motor road or by climbing the 1000 steps which were built approximately 300 years ago. On reaching the top of the hill, one can visit the Dravidian Temple dedicated to Sri Chamundeshwari Devi who is regarded as the tutelary goddess of Mysore. She is also considered as an incarnation of Parvati and/or Durga. The statue of Goddess Sri Chamundeshwari is situated on the Chamundi hills. The idol of the goddess bears twenty hands and a statue of a lion besides her. During 1600 AD, Raja Wodeyar built a gopura with four large pillar posts. These were removed when Krishnaraja Wodeyar III rebuilt the gopura. Krishnaraja Wodeyar III covered it with golden finials along with a statue of himself and his three queens in the presence of the Goddess. In 1827, he made arrangement for festivals and processions. Situated half way through the Chamundi Hills, one can spot a sacred bull. It was a gift given by Doda Deva Raja and is considered as a recumbent colossal Nandi or the Vehicle of Lord Shiva. The eyes of the bull are half shut. It is 25 feet long and 16 feet high and is covered with with ropes, chains, bells and jewels of stone. Source: www.goibibo.com This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube www.youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience. Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com