Chamarajapuram

Chamarajapura
Chamarajapura
	Urban
	Location of Chamarajapura in Mysore
	Coordinates: 12°17′58″N 76°38′20″W
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore District
City	Mysore
Incorporation	1780s
Founded by	Chamaraja Wadiyar IX, Diwan Purnaiah
Named for	Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar IX
Time zone	IST
Zip	570005
STD	0821

Chamarajapura is one of the earliest settlements and localities in Mysore, Karnataka State, India, located in the centre of Mysore city. Initially an agrahaara, parts of it were later allotted other local dwellers as well.

History

The City Planning Commission of Mysore laid out an urban city planning in as early as 1733 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar VII, just close to the near-extinction of the Dutch East India Company, when the French Company was at its peak in South India, and the British Company had entered the South. However, the plan was realised around the 1780s by Diwan Purnaiah when working for Tipu Sultan. A monarchy of Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar IX was in place during the period, after whom Chamarajapuram is named.

Constituency

Chamarajapuram falls under the Mysore Constituency in the Lok Sabha (national election) maps. In Vidhana Sabha (state election) maps, Chamarajapuram falls under Krishnaraja Constituency.

Lanes and Boulevards

Several roads and areas have been commemorative of numerous Mysore and Karnataka era celebrities.

Bajjanna Lane, named after Bajjanna, a wealthy philanthropist working for the Palace, who funded water system in the area
Dr Vishnuvardhan Road, named after Vishnuvardhan
K.G.Koppal, the western half of Chamarajapuram, marked by Chamarajapuram Railway Station, adjoining locality abutting /chamarajapuram railway station is named kannegowdana koppal, named after a noted wrestler. The stretch between Jayanagar level crossing up to Oriental Research Library is known as Krishnaraja Boulevard Road, a beautiful double road with wide meridian having grown up flowering trees and foot paths on either side.

In popular culture

The cover picture of R K Laxman's Malgudi Days is a painted railway station which was inspired by Chamarajapuram Railway Station.[1][2]

Notable people

T Chowdiah, famously known as Pitil Chowdiah, a violin and fiddle maestro in Mysore Palace
M H Ambareesh, T Chowdiah's grandson and Kannada film actor
M A Chandan Kumar, T Chowdiah's great-grandson, a flautist
Vidwan T T Srinivasa Varadāchār, a dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan in Mysore Palace
Vidwan T T Srinivasa Gopālāchār, T T Srinivasa Varadāchār's son, also a dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan
T. P. Kailasam, popular Modern Kannada author and playwright, lived in K G Koppal for a brief period

References

Rao-Kashi, Anita (18 September 2016). "Down memory lane: Walking through RK Narayan's inspiration for 'Malgudi Days'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
"Chamarajapuram railway station - it inspired the sketch by Laxman which was used in Malgudi Days - Picture of Royal Mysore Walks, Mysuru (Mysore) - TripAdvisor". www.tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

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[1] Rao-Kashi, Anita (18 September 2016). "Down memory lane: Walking through RK Narayan's inspiration for 'Malgudi Days'". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[2] "Chamarajapuram railway station - it inspired the sketch by Laxman which was used in Malgudi Days - Picture of Royal Mysore Walks, Mysuru (Mysore) - TripAdvisor". www.tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.