Adventure activities in Dasara

The young and adventurous people, who are seeking an adrenaline rush, get ready for Dasara days. This year, a few interesting adventure sports activities have been included to mark the celebrations.

Water sports competitions like jet skiing, kayaking and banana ride at Varuna lake on the Mysore -T Narsipur Road. This year, there will be two boats each for every ride. 

Air adventure sports parasailing will be held at the Mandakalli airport.

Climbing the Chamundi Hills steps, wall climbing contest at Chamundi Vihar Stadium.

Cycle race will be held at Hunsur Road. Cycle polo competition will be held at Village Hostel grounds, Manasagangotri.

Zip-line and river crossing competitions are planned at Dr Rajkumar Park. Dirt track motorcycle rally will be held at Lalith Mahal Palace grounds.

Training on wall artificial climbing event will be organized at Chamundi Vihar from October 17 to 21 (9.30am to 5.30pm).

History of mysore

Until 1947, Mysore was the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore was ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty, except for a 40-year period in the 18th century when Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan were the de facto rulers of the province. The Wodeyars were patrons of art and culture and contributed significantly to the cultural growth of the city, which has led to Mysore earning the sobriquet Cultural capital of Karnataka.

According to Hindu mythology, the area around Mysore was known as Mahishūru (means baffalo ancient name was ERUMAIYUR in tamil it belongs to old kongunadu) and was ruled by a demon, Mahishasura.[3] The demon was killed by the Goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills. Mahishūru later became Mahisūru and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language.The anglicised form of the name is Mysore.
In December 2005, the Government of Karnataka announced its intention to change the English name of the city to Mysuru.This has been approved by the Government of India but the necessary formalities to incorporate the name change are yet to be completed.

Statue of the demon Mahishasura atop the Chamundi Hills.

The region where Mysore city stands now was known as Puragere till the 15th century.The Mahishūru Fort was constructed in 1524 by Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553), who later passed on the dominion of Puragere to his son Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576). Since the 16th century, the name of Mahishūru (later Mysore and changed again to Mysuru by the Government of Karnataka on November 1 2007) has been commonly used to denote the city. During the rule of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Mysore Kingdom under Wodeyars, served as a feudatory. Mysore was the center of the Wodeyar administration till 1610 when Raja Wodeyar ousted the Vijayanagara governor at nearby Srirangapatna and made it his capital. With the demise of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565, the Mysore Kingdom gradually achieved independence and became a sovereign state by the time of King Narasaraja Wodeyar (1637). After Tipu Sultan's death in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the Kingdom was distributed by the British to their allies of the Fourth Mysore war, the Marhata, Nizam, and State of Travancore, while the rule of Mysore city was retained by the British who built the Government House (completed 1805). The Government house is utilized currently by the Government of Karnataka as a State Guest House. The existing town of Nazarabad was demolished to remove any traces of Tipu's rule. The capital of the kingdom was moved back to Mysore.

Demography

According to the census of 2001, Mysore city had a total population of 799,228 with 406,363 males and 392,865 females, making it the second largest city in Karnataka.[1][37] The gender ratio of the city is 967 females to every 1000 males and the population density is 6223.55 persons per km2. Among the population, 76.76% are Hindus, 19% are Muslims,  2.84% are Christians and the remaining belong to other religions.[38] The city's population crossed the 100,000 mark in the census of 1931 and has seen a population growth of 20.5% in the decade 1991–2001. The literacy rate of the city is 82.8%, which is much higher than the state's average of 67%.[27]:p.32 Kannada is the most widely spoken language in the city. Nineteen percent of the population in Mysore live below the poverty line and 8.95% of the population live in slums. Though 35.7% of the population in the urban areas of Karnataka are workers, only 33.3% of the population in Mysore city belong to the working class.[37] People belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes contribute to 15.1% of the population.[37] Mysore has seen a spurt in crime with 805 incidents of crime reported in 2005, higher than the 510 incidents of crime reported in 2003.[39]

The residents of the city are known as Mysoreans in English and Mysoorinavaru in Kannada. The ongoing dispute between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the sharing of the Kaveri River water, has frequent repercussions in the city leading to minor altercations and demonstrations.[40] Growth in the Information Technology industry in Mysore has led to a change in the demographic profile of the city and has been a cause of concern for some citizens of the city