A day trip to Mysuru and visiting a couple of atypical locations

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Due to my son?s classes, we lone had a one-day interruption for Diwali, and so, we had to support immoderate agelong question plans. We decided to sojourn Mysuru, and though the archetypal program was to sojourn Ranganathittu, we decided to effort retired the Sand Art Museum, and the Seashell Museum (as we person visited Ranaganathittu, rather a fewer times recently) connected a weekday.

We near Bannerghatta Road astir 9AM, and aft a mean thrust connected the Expressway, we reached the Sand Art Museum (https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVwVBHuZhMpmdwz48) by astir 11:30AM. It was a tiny place, but the sculptures were rather intricate, and the kids and the remainder of the household were rather amazed astatine the effort and accomplishment required to make & support the sculptures.
Some pics from the Museum are arsenic follows:

After immoderate buying successful immoderate stores astir the Museum and immoderate refreshments (lime soda & immoderate large buttermilk) from the store beside the Museum, we headed to the Seashell Museum (located diagonally other the Sand Art Museum) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/cxFp9LBQbY3qF5xg6).

A sculpture of Krishna & Arjuna:

An assortment of oversea creatures including a mermaid.

A vintage car:

Disney Characters & immoderate Christmas themed sculptures

A sculpture of Durga Devi

A sculpture of the Dasara Mysore procession and a King:

Celebrating Yoga Day:

Shall beryllium posting astir the sojourn to the Seashell Museum successful different post, owed to restrictions connected the fig of images.

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After immoderate buying successful immoderate stores astir the Museum and immoderate refreshments (lime soda & immoderate large buttermilk) from the store beside the Museum, we headed to the Sea Shell Museum (located diagonally other the Sand Art Museum) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/cxFp9LBQbY3qF5xg6).

Similar to the Sand Art Museum, this spot besides had a batch of intricate creations made from shells, ranging from penguin & turtle colonies, bouquets, gods/goddesses, temples, Ganesh idols, Taj Mahal, and St. Philomena's Cathedral, though the self-praise of the creator of the aforesaid went a small excessively over-board. Some pics are arsenic follows:

Some Gods/religious figures:

Kaliya Mardanam:

Dashavatharam:

Some spiritual locations:

Flower arrangements made of shells:

A fewer different sculptures/lamps made from shells:

Penguin & turtle colonies:

A angiosperm statement made from ail peels:

A angiosperm statement made from peanut shells:

A angiosperm statement made from pista shells:

Both the museums are small, and 1 does not necessitate much than an hr to implicit some the places.

After the depository visits, we headed to Poojary?s Fish Land, wherever we stuffed ourselves with food & squid. We past headed backmost home, reaching backmost by astir 4:30PM.