City Central Library turns a new page
Started as Mysore Public Library on Oct. 15, 1915 during princely rule of Wadiyars, the library entered 110th year of its inception recently
Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar’s role
It all began on July 20, 1914, when the then-Government issued an order to establish the library. Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar formally opened the doors on Oct. 15, 1915, marking the dawn of a new intellectual era in the princely State. The library was initially housed on the first floor of Chamarajendra Technical Institute (CTI), which had been established in 1910 to train the artisans. The institute later came to be known as Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA), to be rechristened as Government College for Visual Arts and shifted to its new campus at Siddarthanagar in the city, in 2015.
When the library continues to be in circulation, even after completing a century of its inception, the contributions of Mysore Palace (meaning Wadiyars, the princely rulers), intellectuals and laureates, in introducing library service to the public is unforgettable.
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