A standout stop on this tour is the Attara Kacheri (Eighteen Departments), erstwhile administrative headquarters of the Mysore state. Located opposite and usual...
ly overshadowed by the stately Vidhana Soudha, this redstone Gothic-style building complex has a statue of Mark Cubbon, Commissioner of Mysore, astride a horse. (Cubbon was passionately fond of Arabian horses and used to keep at least fifty horses in his stable in the city)