Chamaraja Circle is a traffic circle located at the intersection of Ashoka Road and Albert Victor Road in Mysore, Karnataka. There is a statue of Jaya Chamarajendra Wodayar in the circle with a golden dome above the statue. With the golden plated onion dome and boldly executed brackets supported by columns, this is a well known landmark in the tourism map of Mysore city.
The Bidar fort, constructed on the edge of the plateau, has a hapazhard quadrangular layout plan of 0.75 miles (1.21 km) in length and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) breadth. The peripheral length of the fort walls measure 4,500 yards (4,100 m). The walls, bastions, gates and barbicans of Bidar, though in ruins, are well preserved and considered as some of the most stylish in India.
Vidhana Soudha, located in Bengaluru (Bangalore), is the seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. It is an imposing building, constructed in a style sometimes described as Neo-Dravidian, and incorporates elements of Indo-Saracenic and Dravidian styles. The construction was completed in 1956. Kengal Hanumanthaiah is credited with the conception and construction of the Vidhana Soudha
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is one of India’s premier management institutes. It was established in the year 1973 and since its inception, it has been a cradle of top-management talent and its students have reached great heights both in Government as well as in Corporate sector. It has been consistently ranked among the best in Asia.
The cable-stayed bridge over the railway tracks at Krishnarajapuram is one of the landmarks in Bangalore. The Garden City Skyway Bridge, as it has been named, passes over five railway tracks. At the time of construction, the cables themselves, the pylons supporting them, and the way the material was transported to the site are considered unique in engineering and logistics.
The Palace of Mysore is a palace situated in the city of Mysore in southern India. It is the official residence of the Wodeyars – the erstwhile royal family of Mysore, and also houses two durbar halls (ceremonial meeting hall of the royal court). The palace was commissioned in 1897, and its construction was completed in 1912. It is now one of the most famous tourist attractions in Mysore.
Bangalore Palace, a palace located in the city of Bangalore, India, was built to look like a smaller replica of the Windsor Castle in England. It was built by Rev. Garrett, who was the first Principal of the Central High School in Bangalore, now known as Central College. The construction of the palace was started in the year 1862 and completed in 1944.
The Bhutanatha group is a cluster of sandstone temples dedicated to the deity Bhutanatha, in Badami town of Karnataka state, India. The Bhutanatha temple has a superstructure that resembles early South Indian style with its open mantapa (hall or Veranda) extending into the lake. The temple is unfinished and at the base of the superstructure (Sikhara) are vestiges of Jain architecture.
The Lalitha Mahal is the second largest palace in Mysore. It is located near the Chamundi Hills, east of the city of Mysore in the Indian state of Karnataka. The palace was built in 1921 at the orders of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore for the exclusive stay of the then Viceroy of India. The palace was fashioned on the lines of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and is one of the imposing structures of the Mysore city.
The Chennakesava Temple originally called Vijayanarayana Temple was built on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur, an early capital of the Hoysala Empire. Belur is 40 km from Hassan city and 220 km from Bangalore, in Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. Chennakesava literally means “handsome Kesava” and is a form of Hindu God Vishnu.
The Badami cave temples are a complex of temples located at Badami, a town in the Bagalkot District in the north part of Karnataka, India. They are considered an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya Architecture. Badami lies at the mouth of a ravine with rocky hills on either side and a town tank in which water from the ravine flows.
Hampi (Hampe in Kannada) is a village in northern Karnataka state, India. It is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious center, housing the Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. As the village is at the original center of Vijayanagara, it is sometimes confused with the ruined city itself. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the Group of Monuments at Hampi.
The Kalyani tank is at the base of the Yoga Narasimha temple, one of the 2 most popular temples of Melukote. There is also a pair of sister tanks called – Akka Tangi Kola, two near identical tanks built right next to each other. Melukote in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, is one of the sacred places in Karnataka & is also known as Thirunarayanapuram.
This location comes to the clinching the spot as the one that has been used by Mani Rathnam the most number of times. But it is strange that we at wherewasitshot.com recognize this shooting location as the one that comes in the Superstar’s Padaiyappa. Remember those temple scenes in Padaiyappa, with first the Nadigar Thilagam and then the Superstar?
The Chennakesava Temple ,located at Somanathapura is one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture. This temple was built by Soma, a Dandanayaka (commander) in 1268 under Hoysala king Narasimha III, when the Hoysala Empire was the major power in South India.
