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Historians say
The 1,008-plus step stairway was built in 1659 by Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar.
Historians say
A hill rising to roughly 1,000 m above sea level, carrying the Chamundeshwari and Mahabaleshwara temples, the Nandi monolith and the Mahishasura statue. Its reserve forest covers about 613.5 hectares and is described as an ecological hotspot important to the microclimate of the Mysore area.