MYSORE
The 1886 market building has been shut on structural safety grounds and was still closed as of August 2026, after the Supreme Court ordered restoration rather than demolition in May 2026. The flower, fruit and kumkum trade carries on in the lanes around Sayyaji Rao Road and Dhanvantri Road, which are still worth a walk - but decline any 'follow me, best price' offers steering you to silk shops
Expanded from a small weekly bazaar into its present form in 1886 during the reign of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, the market takes its name from Devaraja Mohalla, the surrounding neighborhood named after 17th-century Wodeyar rulers Dodda Devaraja or Chikka Devaraja. Built in an Indo-Muslim architectural style along Sayyaji Rao Road, it received its formal Devaraja Market name in 1925. Over more than a century it has remained Mysore's principal produce, flower, and spice bazaar, and its aging colonial-era structure has repeatedly been the subject of heritage-preservation debate.
