page_title: List of tourist attractions in Mysore
section_title: Around Mysore
hierarchical_section_title: List of tourist attractions in Mysore / Around Mysore
caption_attribution_description: The full front view of the Gaganachukki Falls at Shivanasamudram. The water cascade along the side is not visible in this frame. Most mistake this falls as having both Gaganachukki (western cascade) and Barachukki (eastern cascade), whereas it is not true. This is the site of Asia's first Hydel Power plant and the electricity generated here was used to power the Kolar Gold Fields. Kolar, therefore, became the first town in Asia to receive electricity.
context_page_description: Mysore was the previous capital city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and Mysore division and lies about 140 km southwest of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka. The city covers an area of 128.42 km² and is situated at the base of the Chamundi Hills.
  Mysore is one of the most prominent tourist areas of India. Mysore is also known as the Palace City of India. The Mysore Palace in the city is the most visited place in India, above Red Fort, Qutb Minar, and even the Taj Mahal as of 2006. The New York Times recently listed Mysore as one of the 31 must-see places on Earth for two consecutive years.
context_section_description: Shivanasamudra Falls is the second largest waterfall in India and the sixteenth largest in the world. It is situated on the banks of the river Kaveri and is the location of the first Hydro-electric power station in Asia, which was set up in 1902. This is a segmented waterfall. Segmented waterfalls occur where the water flow is broken into two or more channels before dropping over a cliff, resulting in multiple side by side waterfalls. It has an average width of 849 meters, a height of 90 m, and an average water output volume of 934 cubic meters/sec. Gaganachukki on the left is a large horsetail waterfall and Barachukki (also spelled Bharachukki) in the centre is a jagged crashing cascading waterfall. During the monsoons this waterfall grows enormous, perhaps a thousand feet in width. The right waterfall is the Bharachukki. Asia's first hydro-electric power stations, still functional, is located at the waterfall. This station was commissioned by the Diwan of Mysore, Sir K. Seshadri Iyer. The electricity produced here was initially used in the Kolar Gold Fields. Thus, Kolar Gold Fields became the first town in Asia to get hydro-electricity.
  Bylakuppe is the location of "Lugsum Samdupling" (established in 1961) and "Dickyi Larsoe" (established in 1969), two adjacent Tibetan refugee settlements, in the west of the Mysore district. It consists of a number of small camps/agricultural settlements close to each other, and has a number of monasteries, nunneries, and temples in all the form of the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Most notable among them are the large educational monastic institution Sera, the smaller Tashilunpo monastery (both in the Gelukpa tradition), and the Namdroling monastery (in the Nyingma tradition). Particularly well known among the temples is the Golden Temple which is also a major tourist spot in the area.
caption: Shivanasamudra Falls
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