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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Market in Mysore in Karnataka, India}}<br />
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[[File:Devaraja Market, Mysore (306989724).jpg|thumb|Devaraja Market at night in 2005]]<br />
[[File:Pigments at Devaraja Market in Mysore (5992956369).jpg|thumb| [[Kumkuma|Kumkum powder]] displayed for sale at the market]]<br />
'''Devaraja Market''' is a market located in [[Mysuru]], India.<ref name="Bathool">{{cite journal |last1=Bathool |first1=Z. |last2=Shakar |first2=B.|date=2019 |title= Changing Dynamics of Old Markets in Heritage City of Mysuru |journal= Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Research in Applied Science and Engineering |url= https://www.dpublication.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/7-8017-RASECONF.pdf }}</ref> One can buy [[flower]]s, [[fruit]]s, and choose from conical piles of colorful [[Kumkuma|Kumkum powder]].<ref name="Guides 2013 p. 723">{{cite book | last=Insight Guides | title=Insight Guides: India | publisher=APA | series=Insight Guides | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-78005-687-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKsxBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT723 | access-date=2020-05-16 | page=723}}</ref> [[Spice]]s, [[sandalwood]] products, [[silk]] [[sari]]s, [[essential oil]]s, and [[incense]] are also available for purchase.<ref name="Planet Benanav Bindloss Brown 2019 p. 1637">{{cite book | last1=Planet | first1=L. | last2=Benanav | first2=M. | last3=Bindloss | first3=J. | last4=Brown | first4=L. | last5=Butler | first5=S. | last6=Elliott | first6=M. | last7=Harding | first7=P. | last8=Holden | first8=T. | last9=Mahapatra | first9=A. | last10=Mayhew | first10=B. | title=Lonely Planet India | publisher=Lonely Planet Global Limited | series=Travel Guide | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-78868-682-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmuyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1637 | access-date=2020-05-16 | page=1637}}</ref> The market is on Sayaji Rao Road.<ref name="Guides 2012 p. 27">{{cite book | last=Guides | first=R. | title=Karnataka Rough Guides Snapshot India (includes Bengaluru, Mysore, Kodagu, Gokarna, Hampi and Bijapur) | publisher=Rough Guides | series=Rough Guide to... | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4093-6203-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yv76XO7k_aMC&pg=PT27 | access-date=2020-05-16 | page=27}}</ref> In 2017, there were 1,122 shops in the market employing over 3,000 people and receiving 8,000 to 10,000 visitors each day.<ref name="Star of Mysore 2017">{{cite web | title=Devaraja Market Reconstruction... | website=Star of Mysore | date=2017-02-18 | url=https://starofmysore.com/devaraja-market-reconstruction/ | access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> It is a [[tourist attraction]], and a popular place to take photos.<ref name="The New Indian Express 2016">{{cite web | title=Mysuru's 125-yr-old Devaraja market structure collapses, none injured | website=The New Indian Express | date=2016-08-29 | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2016/aug/29/mysurus-125-yr-old-devaraja-market-structure-collapses-none-injured-1513927.html | access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref><br />
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The market was constructed in 1886.<ref name="Star of Mysore 2019">{{cite web | title=To Demolish or Restore...: DC awaiting Government nod on Devaraja Market & Lansdowne building | website=Star of Mysore | date=2019-05-14 | url=https://starofmysore.com/to-demolish-or-restore-dc-awaiting-government-nod-on-devaraja-market-lansdowne-building/ | access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> It was initially a weekly market.<ref name="The New Indian Express 2016"/> The market was built above the Dewan Poornaiah Canal that supplied drinking water to [[Mysore Palace]].<ref name="Bathool"/><ref name="Star of Mysore 2017"/> It was named in 1925 after [[Dodda Kempadevaraja|Dodda Devaraja Wadeyar]].<ref name="Bathool"/><ref name="Star of Mysore 2017"/> It is also known as Dodda market.<ref name="The New Indian Express 2016"/><br />
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Its area spans 3.67 acres.<ref name="Star of Mysore 2019"/> The market is bounded by a structure with wooden [[rafter]]s and stone masonry walls that faces the street on all four sides.<ref name="Bathool"/> The north gate is on Devantri Road.<ref name="Fernandez 2016 p. 57">{{cite book | last=Fernandez | first=M. | title='Seasoned' for Family and Friends: Contemporary Recipes with an Old World Flavour and Reminiscences and Vignettes of Life in Provincial India | publisher=Notion Press | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-946204-36-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IIhRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 | access-date=2020-05-19 | page=57}}</ref> The market is bounded by Sayaji Rao Road on the east side.<ref name="Fernandez 2016 p. 57"/> The south gate faces [[Dufferin Clock Tower]].<ref name="Fernandez 2016 p. 57"/> Inside the market, there are open areas where vendors can sell their wares.<ref name="Bathool"/> The inner shops are arranged along three aisles that go through the entire market.<ref name="Bathool"/><br />
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Throughout the years, Devaraja Market has also seen fires and other disasters.<ref name="Bathool"/> 150 shops were destroyed by fire in 1981, 195 in 1990, and 30 in 1999.<ref name="Bathool"/> In August 2016, the north entrance gate collapsed due to structural weakness.<ref name="The New Indian Express 2016"/> There have been discussions about demolishing the market due to the state of disrepair.<ref name="Star of Mysore 2017"/><ref name="Star of Mysore 2019"/><br />
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