City of palaces Mysore got its new king on Thursday with the coronation of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodiyar as the 27th titular head of the erstwhile royal family. The 23-year-old Yaduveer is the latest king of Mysore from the Wodiyar dynasty that had ruled the erstwhile Mysore kingdom from 1399 till 1950. Yaduveer will be taken around the illuminated palace after the coronation, astride a decorated elephant Balarama and to greet the people from the palace balcony, as the new king of Mysore.
