Mysore palace draws more tourists, not Taj

Mysore, Sep 9: Amba Vilas, Popularly known as Mysore Palace and reckoned to be the most recognizable of all the Palaces in the country, 'draws more tourists than Taj Mahal.

The number of tourists to the Mysore palace in 2006 was 25,25,687 as per the Archaeological Survey of India figures while the number of tourists who had visited Taj Mahal in Agra was 25,39,471.

Although the Taj Mahal was narrowly ahead of Mysore Palace in terms of number of tourists visiting it, sources in Mysore Palace Board told UNI