Srirangapatna is renowned as the island capital of Tipu Sultan during late 18th century. Srirangapatna has a lot of interesting places to see like the Darya Daulat Bagh, Tipu’s Mausoleum and of-course the famous island fortress of Srirangapatna. Srirangapatna is 140km southwest of Bangalore and 15 kms from Mysore.
The Srirangapatna Fort popularly associated with Tipu Sultan, however the fort predates Tipu Sultan by a few hundred years to the Hoysala Period
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- One of the many armory inside the Srirangapatna Fort.
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- Location where Tipu Sultan’s body was found after the Srirangapatna Fort fell to the British Army
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- Srirangapatna Fort – Water Gate : The secret gate to the fort that that betrayed the fort to the British Army in the last Mysore War.
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- Inside the dungeons, this part looks too bright and sunny for a dreaded dungeon
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- Crack on the Dungeon Roof, a heavy cannon had fallen through this.
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- Entrance to the dungeons
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- Dungeons from above
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- Cauvery River flowing behind the dungeons.
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- Remains of Tipu Sultan’s palace in the Srirangapatna Fort
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- More remains of the destroyed place of Tipu Sultan inside the fort complex.
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- Remains of Tipu Sultan’s palace, it was supposedly destroyed by the British after Srirangapatna Fort fell to them.
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- Board outside the Tipu Sultan’s palace
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Wonderful snaps, I must say. I visited the place some time back and it was like trip to the Tipu’s days. Every little thing had some link with the Tiger of Mysore. Wrote about my trip in detail at my blog.