The last palace, now known as the Old Palace or the Wooden Palace, burned to ashes during the wedding of Jayalakshammani, the eldest daughter of Chamaraja Wodeyar in 1896. Maharaja
Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV and his mother Maharani
Kempananjammanni Devi commissioned the British architect
Henry Irwin to build a new palace. E.W. Fritchley worked as a consulting engineer. Meanwhile, the royal family stayed in the nearby
Jaganmohan Palace. Construction was overseen by an executive engineer in the Mysore Palace division. He conducted elaborate architectural studies during his visits to
Delhi,
Madras, and
Calcutta, and these were used to plan the new palace. The construction cost was placed at
Rs 41,47,913 (around million adjusted to inflation) and the palace was completed in 1912. The palace was further expanded in around 1930 (including the addition of the present Public Durbar Hall wing) during the reign of Maharaja
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar. The pioneer of modern
yoga as exercise,
Krishnamacharya, taught yoga in the palace in the early 20th century, at the request of the Raja of Mysore. Among his pupils there were
B. K. S. Iyengar and
K. Pattabhi Jois, founders of
Iyengar Yoga and
Ashtanga Yoga respectively. An earlier Raja had 112 yoga postures (
asanas) illustrated in a large 19th century book, the
Sritattvanidhi, which likely influenced Krishnamacharya. == Architecture ==