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Beauty of Mysore City and Mysore Zoo (1080p HD)

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Channel: Sukhdev Taneja · 2017 · Travel & Events

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Mysore Palace

The Palace of Mysore is a palace situated in the city of Mysore in southern India. The Mysore Place is also known as the Amba Vilasa Palace. This Mysore Palace is 140 km from the city of Bangalore. 

Mysore palace is now one of the most famous tourist attractions in India after Taj Mahal.

The English architect Henry Irwin designed the new Palace. The construction of the current palace was commissioned in 1897, completed in 1912, and expanded later around 1940.

The Mysore Palace is illuminated with more than 96,000 lights and has sound program on every Sunday and all public holidays from 7 to 7.45 pm (Evening) for attracting local or foreigner tourists.

White Tiger

The white tiger is rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger.

White tigers are distinct for the normal colouration in that they lack the pheomelanin pigment that in normal tigers produces the orange colour. They still produce the pigment eumelanin and they should not consider as albino. Compared to normal tigers, white tigers are little bigger, both at birth and as fully grown adults. One of the functions of the white gene may have been to keep a size gene in the population, in case it's ever needed.


White tigers are a sub-species of Bengal tigers and not albino or their own species like many people think. White tigers occur after breeding two Bengal tigers with a recessive gene that controls coat colour. 

In order to retain this recessive gene, zoos and breeders must continually breed father to daughter and father to granddaughter and so on. This inbreeding has caused many genetic problems with tigers such as cleft palates, scoliosis of the spine, mental impairments and cross eyes. 

Mysore Zoo 

Mysore Zoo was originally created in 1892 on 10 acres of the summer palace of Maharaja Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar and was originally called the Palace Zoo. The zoo was originally set up by G. H. Krumbeigal. (German horticulturist)

The zoo was opened to the public in 1902 and includes a bandstand and an artificial lake. It was given to the Department of Parks and Gardens of the Mysore State Government in 1948.

The zoo was handed over to the Forest Department in 1972, and was entrusted to Zoo Authority of Karnataka.

The Zoo which has now spread over an area of 250 acres was initially made for the exclusive visit of the royal family but public entry started as early as 1920.

White Peacock :

The white feathers on a peacock depend on which genes are dominant and which are recessive. They do not have any pigmentation. Any animal can be albino, but what separates an albino from a white peacock is the colour of the skin beneath its feathers. A white peacock has coloured skin whereas an albino's skin will be very pale and without any markings. 

There is a variety of peacock with all white feathers. These are not albino but a color variation of the India Blue peacock. Albino animals and birds have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes. White peafowl have blue eyes. Indian peafowl of all colors, including white, have pink skin.

The colors in the feathers of a bird are determined two factors: pigment and structure. For example, the green in some parrots is a result of yellow pigments over blue-reflecting feathers. In the case of a white peacock, its unusual lack-of-color is due to a missing pigment. This missing pigment is dark and absorbs incident light, making diffracted and interference light visible. The effect is similar to that of oil on water.

Shivanasamudra Kaveri Waterfalls

Shivanasamudra Waterfalls are situated in Chamaraja Nagar District, at a distance of around 120 km from Bangalore. Route: Bangalore - Kanakapura - Malavalli - Shivanasamudra.

The Shivanasamudra Waterfalls is on Kaveri River after the river has wound its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls. The island town of Shivanasamudra divides the river into twin waterfalls. This creates the fourth largest island in the rivers course. It has an average width of 305 meters, a height of 98 m, and an average volume of 934 cubic meters / sec. This waterfall is 139 km from the city of Bangalore. The time of best flow is the monsoon season (July to October) of Indian Regional Area.

Gaganachukki : The twin falls of Gaganachukki are best viewed from the Shivanasamudra watch tower. Asia's first hydroelectric power station was set up at this waterfall in the year 1905 and is still functional. The electricity produced here was mainly used to light up the Gold Mines of Kolar, making Kolar the first Asian city to receive hydro electricity.

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