Market vignettes: Devaraja market, Mysore

A very Happy New Year to everyone!

Things have been a bit quiet on the blog since I’ve been on a bit of a break, and  following up on a New Year resolution to catch up on some of the things I’ve been meaning to do. I think I’m off to a good start with a recent visit to Mysore!

The city of Mysore, a little over 140 km from Bangalore, and 118 km from Mercara, is a place I have spent almost no time in to speak of. On our journeys home to Coorg, we rarely drove into the city, preferring to bypass it in the interests of a more direct journey. Among the few standout childhood memories I have of the city are of a visit to the zoo, one of the oldest in the world, and some enormous, utterly delicious dosas at Dasaprakash!

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