Mysuru/Mysore (Kar)

‘Buffalo City’  [Mahishuru] City/District, Karnataka  Mahishuru. From Skt: mahiṣa, ‘buffalo’ or ‘name of a demon killed by Durga’;  and Kan: ūr/ūru, ‘town’, ‘village’ Mahisha Asura was a shape-shifting asura or demon in Hindu mythology who can appear as either a...