Image: Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Mysore
Description: This is the royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Mysore. It was originally designed in the late 1800s by Robert Taylor, a graduate in Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge and an employee in the Bengal Civil Service in British India. This is an initial vector version of the coat and contains numerous errors. Needs further revision. Atop, in the crest, is a lion holding in its mouth the severed head of a satanic goat, symbolising the killing of Mahisha by Goddess Chamundi, the very essence of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city of Mysore, and the Kingdom of Mysore. In the shield is the Gandaberunda, a two-headed mythical eagle, one head symbolising justice, the other freedom. It is supposed to betoken the idea that when one head falls asleep, the other is awake, thus fulfilling their duty of eternal freedom and justice. It holds in each of its hands and beaks an elephant. The elephant is a symbol of Goddess Lakshmi, the deity of wealth. The shield is upheld by Sharabha, a mythical elephant-headed lion symbolising strength and valour. The motto, सत्यमेवोद्धराम्यहम् in Sanskrit means "truth alone I shall uphold", a family motto of the Maharajas of Mysore. A majority of this regal insignia is borrowed by the emblem of the Government of Karnataka, the kingdom's successor, as by that of the University of Mysore.
Title: Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Mysore
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Author: Rustyshackelford
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