For long known as the cultural capital of Karnataka, with a blend of the traditional and the modern, Mysuru is grappling with challenges that have a negative bearing on its architectural legacy.
The crisis is a lack of serious conservation initiative by the government in the absence of which the future looks grim for Mysuru’s heritage structures.
The city had 131 notified heritage buildings at the last count, but conservation specialists say that the number is not less than 500, and an upward revision of the notified list is a must. And therein lies the challenge.
