St. Joseph Cathedral

St. Joseph Cathedral is a catholic church that is the house of prayer of the Diocese of Mysore, India. The full name is the Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Philomena. It is also known as St. Joseph's Cathedral. It was constructed in 1936 using a Neo Gothic style and its design was inspired by the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. The assembly was designed by a Frenchman named Daly. It was designed to be worked in the Neo Gothic style with inspiration drawn from the Cologne Cathedral.

The floor plan of the house of prayer resembles a cross. The long bit of the cross is gathering hallway called the nave. The part containing the sacred place and the choir is the crossing. The church building has a sepulcher that houses a statue of St. Philomena. The essential passage nave can seat up to 800 individuals and contains stained glass windows outlining scenes from the presentation of Christ, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ. It is considered to be Asia's second largest church.