Mysore Palace (Amba Vilas Palace)

The Mysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is the historic royal residence of the Wadiyar (Wodeyar) dynasty in the city of Mysore (Mysuru), Karnataka. Sources indicate the current palace was commissioned by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV after a fire in 1897; construction began in 1897 and concluded in 1912. The design is attributed to British architects Henry Irwin and Edwin Wolleston Fritchley and is described as an example of Indo‑Saracenic architecture that incorporates Indo‑Islamic, Rajput, Hoysala and Gothic elements. Archival municipal records from the early 20th century reference infrastructure and street‑lighting proposals in the vicinity of the palace (notably Narasimharaja Boulevard toward Lalithadri), underscoring the palace's role as an urban and administrative anchor. A 1952 photograph in archival collections documents the palace illuminated at night, confirming its ceremonial and visual prominence into the mid‑20th century. Reported paranormal phenomena are not present in the supplied sources. The available materials—encyclopedic entries, Wikidata, and archival municipal and photographic records—contain historical, architectural, administrative, and visual documentation only. No supernatural entities, apparitions, hauntings, or anomalous events are described, and no explanatory paranormal theories are proposed in these sources. Any statements about hauntings or other paranormal claims would require additional sources such as local folklore collections, oral histories, or investigative reports; such materials were not provided for this entry.