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Dariya Daulat Palace - A Marvel of Architecture

Dariya Daulat Palace located in  Srirangapatna, Mysore is one of the palaces built by Tipu Sultan. It was once the capital of the Mysore state. Later when Tipu died in 1799 land shifted its capital back to Mysore and placed the  King Krishnaraja Wodeyar III on the throne of Mysore. Lets glance through the history on how the palace was built.




A snap of Dariya Daulat Palace in Mysore
 In Srirangapatna, the Dariya Daulat Palace (Summer Palace) is set amidst lovely gardens which is referred to as Daria Daulat Bagh. Tipu sultan, popularly referred to as the "Tiger of Mysore", designed this palace in 1784 and dominated Mysore from here for a brief time once his father Hyder Ali wrested power from the Wodeyars within the middle of the eighteenth century.

The palace incorporates a rectangular arrange and is constructed on a raised platform. There are open corridors on the four sides of the platform with wood pillars. The foremost gorgeous feature of the palace is that every  area offered on the walls, pillars, canopies and arches have colourful paintings. The outer walls of the palace have paintings of the battle scenes and portraits. The wood ceilings of the palace are glued with canvas painted with floral patterns.

 The japanese wall inside the palace has paintings in 5 rows representing the scenes of Darbars of various contemporaries of Tipu sultan as well as the Hindu patrician of Chitor, the Raja of Tanjore, the Raja Benares, Balaji Rao II Peshwa, Magadi Kepegowda and Madakari Nayaka of Chitradurga and Krishnaraja Wodeyar II.
The Architecture marvel of the Palace 
The Arch at the Entrance of the Palace

On the highest floor of the Daria Daulat Palace is that the Tipu sultans set of records, European paintings and Persian manuscripts. The depository has the famed painting "Storming of Srirangapattanam"  by Sir Henry Martyn Robert Ker Porter created in 1800. This historical painting depicts the ultimate fall of Srirangapatana on fourthcould 1799. Tipu's Palace the Lal Mahal lies in ruins close. Outside the fort is that the Gumbaz that contains Tipu's spot, his father Haider Ali's spot and his mother's spot (mortal remains)


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