6.3.2008

Mysore Contacts

I have so many cards I have collected from various people that I thought its best to save them on a document before I lose it all. Even amongst the yoga students first thing to do is to get your business card (in this case social card) made. So in the month I have been here my purse slowly filled up with colourful cards.

But here we go:

For taxi bookings, accommodation, scooter hire:

• Anu's Bamboo Hut: Ganesh (great guy, also has rooms at his place to stay)

Phone: 91 (0) 821-4288120

Cell: 91 9845279513

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Address: 367, 2nd Main, 3rd Stage, Gokulam, Mysore-570 002, Karnataka, India

• Shiva: on the same road as the shala

Phone: 91 (0) 821-4288936

• Murti: his contacts are on the AYRI website

• Ragu: Based in Laxmipuram, he is the guy who sells yoga gear in Kovalam

Email: [email protected]Phone: 91 (0) 821- 2333876Cell: 91 98453- 02932

• Shrinivas Hedge - this is the guy from Princess Apartment where Michael and Dalia stayed, beautiful 2 bedroom place

Cell: 91 98451-23301 Office: 91 (0) 821- 2404801 / 3200188

Rickshaw Driver:

Ragu is the best, very reliable, knows every place you need to get to

Cell: 91 9945464067

Eating:

• Anu's: Buffet lunch and dinner at 1pm and 5pm. They are also famous for their frozen banana smoothies and chocolate cakes
• Tina's (closed on Sundays): Breakfast from her house where she lives, lunch and dinner from another café she has recently opened.
• Santosha's (breakfast only, open until 11.30am everyday): My favourite breakkie place. Thomas and Tamara are the best chefs, everything freshly baked, best cookies, cakes, best porridge…best, best, best! Email: [email protected] Also look out for their website launching soon, just google santosha Mysore and see what shows up!
• Shanti and Chakra house: I haven't been to these two but people say they are great
• Green Leaf: a favourite with Indians and has a Coffee Day upstairs. Closed between 3.30-5.30pm. Some things are restricted e.g. dinner orders are from 7pm but until then they will have idlis, dosas etc. Great fruit juices but always ask for no sugar and no ice. Also the food is good but remember to add "not spicy please" and they will do that, otherwise it is pretty hot.

• 6th Main restaurant: close to Green Leaf, great Indian place, similar to Green leaf in terms of time of serving dinner.

• Corner House- Ice-cream

• Cubs- cakes, coffee

• Standup Café- on the main road to the coconut stand, great quick dosa place, closes around 4-5pm

• GreenHotel- beautiful garden, great in the evenings to sit out and enjoy, but again ask for food not to be too spicy. Sundays there is the organic food market that kicks off at 10am and everything is sold out within 30minutes

• Paradise hotel and Veg park are places I haven't been to

Home cooking (need to call before to book for food): these tend to be less spicy, nutritious

• Nagarathna (in laxmipuram)- 91 821 2333876
• Sundia (in laxmipuram)-I don't have her number (also has rooms to rent in her house but very basic, toilet and shower shared and outside the courtyard)
• Shaila (in gokulam)- 91 98866 53001 (also does really good cooking lessons, very easy to follow and realistic. Highly recommended. She also has rooms to rent in her house). Email: [email protected]

Shopping:

• Mysore Jail: there is a shop selling cotton mats, rugs and other goods. One of Lino's favourite shopping place

• Ammans oil shop: for essential oils and creams, high quality and entertaining if you go as a group as he does demonstrations

• Rashinkar's: great tailors, sells shawls, covers, yoga mats, books etc. Can ship things home for you with no hassle. www.rashinkar.com

• Ramsons House: 3 floor shop opposite the zoo selling handicrafts, silver, arts, gift stuff. Very good and fun! www.ramsonsmysore.com

• Fabindia- department store selling women, men and childrens clothes and household things. Good quality

• Fab city-cheaper quality of the above, great bargains, very big store

• Sapna's- a few doors from Fab city, sells gifts, books

• Ashook Bookstore- small bookstore selling some novels but mainly yoga, ayurveda books

Where to do astanga yoga (other than Guruji shala):

·BSN Iyengar- based in the city·Yoga Mandala- in Laxmipuram

·Ajay's shala- in Laxmipuram

·Jonathan Patriarca in Gokulam has his own exercise routine for opening parts of the body, strengthening and thai yoga massage: 91 9945898318 email: [email protected]website: www.bheemashakti.org

·Jayashree- for philosophy, meditation and chanting classes near the Jahanmogan palace in the city

Ayurveda Massages:

Known as "the 3 sisters" near JahanmoganPalace is pretty famous amongst yoga students. Two sisters massage at the same time, classic rope massage, very strong. Third sister is in charge of the kitchen. They are famous for their smoothies and juices. 91 (0) 821- 2522 788 Shashikala