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About Mysuru

In June 2014, Mysore was ranked the third best city in India by India Today and Nielsen. Mysore hosted the 13th National Games in 1975, the 1986 Congress of the International Institute of Sociology and an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on 4–7 December 1997. It is home to many industries such as Bharath Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Indian Rare Earths Limited (IRE), The National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL), Mysore Sandal Soap Factory, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) etc., which are involved in production processes ranging from mining to heavy industrial manufacturing. Tourism is also a major industry with focus on cultural tourism which includes traditional art forms like dance music and theatre; events like Dasara festivals; museums such as Chamundeshwari Temple Museum at Palace Grounds where there are rare collections of old sculptures dating back over 2000 years depicting various aspects of life during that period along with information about their origin including inscriptions written on them describing their installation dates etc.