The popular legend is that mayoor gets its name from a Buffalo demon Mahishasura, Durga(Chamundeshwari) killed Mahishasura, an event that is annually celebrated at navratri
The temple of the city’s guardian deity, chamundshwari, has a giant statue of Mahishasura on the hill facing the city. The earliest mention of Mysore in recorded history may be traced to 245 B.C. to the period of the great ashoka when on the conclusion of the third Buddhist convocation, a team was dispatched to Mahisha mandala.
Many people still do worship of Mahishasur