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Gained prominence under the Wadiyars, who took the goddess as their family deity. The hill also holds the Mahabaleshwara temple, which is the older of the two, and a Narayanaswamy temple.
Chamundeshwari, a fierce form of Durga, is held to have killed the buffalo demon Mahishasura here, earning the name Mahishasura Mardini. The city takes its name from him - Mahishooru, the village of Mahishasura.
The presiding temple of the city and the kuladevata shrine of the Wadiyars. A quadrangular Dravidian structure with a seven-tier gopuram visible from far across the plain. Locals say Mysore exists because of Chamundeshwari.