A banker presents the story of the Mysore royal family in all its medieval gore and splendour.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'><I>Talakadu maralaagali;<BR>Malingi maduvaagali;<BR>Mysuru dhoregalige makkalagade hogali!</I>
</p><p class='TableClas'>I curse Talakad to be submerged under<BR>creeping sands;<BR>May a cruel whirlpool be the scourge of Malingi;<BR>And the kings of Mysore suffer the pangs of childlessness!
</p><p class='TableClas'>These were the last words of Rani Alamelamma as she leapt to her death in the swirling waters of the Cauvery. For anyone growing up in the Carnatic region, the tale of the queen is their grandmother

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