The Wadiyar dynasty, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore, is a late-medieval/early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city.
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the present head of the family
Maharaja Raja Wadiyar who started Mysore Dasara
Maharaja Kanthirava Narasaraja I was referred to ranadheera (valiant on the battlefield)
Hyder Ali, the commander-in-chief who usurped power
The maharaja of Mysore was the king and principal ruler of the southern Indian Kingdom of Mysore and briefly of Mysore State in the Indian Dominion roughly between the mid- to late-1300s and 1950. The maharaja's consort was called the maharani of Mysore.
A miniature art of Krishnaraja Wodeyar I, who despite having married nine wives, never bore an issue and the direct (male) lineage of Yaduraya ended with him
A pencil sketch of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar III. He was a patron of arts and culture who also built numerous temples across the kingdom
A monochrome of Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X. He instituted the Mysore Representative Assembly, the first parliamentary setup in British India
A portrait of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. The king is hailed the maker of Modern Mysore