Getting to Mysore

By air

The nearest international airport is Bangalore. All domestic airlines operate to and from the new Bangalore International Airport. You might need to transit if you’re coming from a country that does not have international flights to Bangalore.

By rail

You’ve never seen the ‘real’ India, if you haven’t traveled on a train in India J

There are many train services operating between Bangalore and Mysore. The Shatabdi Express connects Mysore to Chennai.

Express Trains Passing through Mysore Junction
Train No.	Train Name	Train Category	At Mysore
			ETA	ETD
2008	Mysore Chennai	Shatabdi Express	--	14.20
6832	Mysore Thanjavur	Mail / Express	---	15.45
6221	Mysore Chennai	Mail / Express	---	18.00
6831	Thanjavur Mysore	Mail / Express	09.30	---
6222	Chennai Mysore	Express	10.00	---
2007	Chennai Mysore	Shatabdi Express	13.00	---

Train tickets are very affordable, but do be careful of your belongings, as in all crowded areas.

Delays in estimated times of arrival and departure are quite common in India, so please bear in mind when making your travel arrangements.

By road

State Highways connect Mysore to the National Highways and to all parts of the country. Bus services by Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and transport corporations of the neighboring states as well as private tour operators, make it
easy to reach the city without any difficulty.

Car rentals from Bangalore airport to Mysore will cost you a whopping Rs3000 (approximately USD62). If you’re hiring it from a hotel, it will cost you around Rs2400 (non a/c).

As flights from Malaysia usually arrive in Bangalore around midnight, I usually hire a private car from Needs Tours & Travels in Mysore. Murthy will dispatch a car to pick me up, no matter what time of the day. He’s reliable, his drivers chew betel to keep themselves awake while on the road, and it only costs Rs2000 (non a/c).

Needs Tours & Travels (near the AYRI shala of the late Shri Pattabhi Jois)

#251 2^nd Main, Gokulam 3^rd Stage

Mysore 570 002

Mobile ph : +91-9880265622 (Krishna Murthy)

Needs also assists in money changing, courier, and motorbike/scooter and house rentals in Gokulam. Definitely the ‘go to’ place for newcomers in Gokulam.

The journey to Mysore by road takes approximately 3.5 hours. Highway tolls are to be paid by you.

General Information about Mysore

Population	Approximately 22,81,653
Languages	Kannada, English, Tamil, Hindi
Best Time to Visit	October to March
Temperature Summer	Max 34° C Min 21°C
Temperature Winter	Max 30°C Min 12°C
Rainfall	80 cms. Average yearly
Clothing Summer	Cottons
Clothing Winter	Light Woollens
STD Code	0821
ISD Code	+ 91

Source : www.mysore.net

Mysore and Me

There’s an old saying, “when a student is ready, the Teacher will appear”. Such is true when my quest in searching for a ‘purer state of yoga’ brought me to Mysore, first in 2008.

Having reached a certain practice plateau in my 4 plus years of yoga, I journeyed to Mysore, in hope of taking my practice to a higher level and returning home to share it with like-minded, passionate yoga practitioners.

Meeting my Yoga Master, Bharath Shetty, for the first time and stepping foot in the Yoga India shala in Gokulam, something inside of me immediately ‘clicked’… and I had this feeling that I had ‘come home’. Something about the Yoga India methodology and philosophy resonated with me, and I was drawn to wanting to learn everything I can from Bharath. I then signed up for the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Course with Yoga India. And for 6 intense weeks, immersion in the course not only renewed and strengthened my practice to greater heights, it also transformed me mentally and spiritually.

This blog is a personal collection of bits and pieces of useful information for first timers planning to live in Gokulam during Teacher’s Training, or simply wanting to do a ‘yoga pilgrimage’ in the area.

If you have more information or updates to share, please drop me a note.

Enjoy your time in Gokulam, Mysore...may your yoga journey be a beautiful one.

Love, Light & Peace

(Special thanks to Raymond Lim for the photos).