Circle of Chamaraja Wodeyar X in the centre of a roundabout in Mysore, with Mysore Palace in the background

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Circle of Chamaraja Wodeyar X (1920) Situated in front of palace north gate, the plan of statue-base is square in composition with Dilwara – styled carved brackets of elaborate design supporting sloping sun-shades. The ribbed dome crowning the canopy is dazzling guilded and distinctly Indo-Saracenic. The marble statue of the Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar IV prepared by Robert W. Colton of the Royal Academy was created in statue was erected in centre of the Curzon Park which was earlier comprised of houses and moat. It is said that the moat portion of the fort were filled in and laid out as a park for the installation of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.

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Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India
Photo credit: © John Bennet / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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