Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel

The Lalitha Mahal is one of India's most opulent hotels, a palace hotel that offers an experience of princely living in a real Maharaja's palace.Set on a ridge commanding a panoramic view of the gently sloping and curving valley, at the foot of the Chamundi hill, this dream-like palace was built in the year 1931 for special guests of the Maharajas. The building is a majestic, two-storey composition of twin ionic columns, a projecting porch on the ground floor, spherical domes with laterns and the central dome which dominates the elevation.