Meet the new 'Maharaja of Mysuru': 23-year-old, US-educated Yaduveer Wadiyar

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, the 23-year-old adopted heir to the Wodiyar dynasty, was crowned the 27th king of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysuru on Thursday. The grand coronation took place in the hallowed precincts of Durbar Hall at the Amba Vilas Palace in the city of palaces. Clad in royal attire of cream silk robes and a regal green turban, a bespectacled Yaduveer took oath in Kannada. State Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who hails from the region, was conspicuously absent, though the ruling party's state unit president G. Parameshwara was present along with his family members. Yaduveer is the grandson of late princess Gayathri Devi, the eldest sister of Srikantadatta and eldest daughter of the last maharaja (king) Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar. The scion has graduated in English and Economics from Boston University in the US.