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  1. A virtual treat for the eyes and these are places that beckon us with open arms and with Dasara approaching, the timing could not have been better..

      1. Dear Mukherjee hope this finds you in the best of health and good spirits.
        After going through the Srirangapatna tour post with detail history, my eagerness to go there increased lot. Happened to be there but gained nothing due to poor guide.
        Now again we planned to go from Tamil Nadu to see this great historic place. Your photos are impressive.
        Regards.

  2. A nice and easy read write up on a very complex historical figure. Great work mate.
    P.S.:The structural similarities of mosques between Calcutta and Mysore being apparent, I think there is a slight evolution of style in ours as Tipu’s mosque above looks a lot simpler in design. What do you think?

    1. The Mosque in Srirangapatna has stone works which is obvious something specific to Southern style and similar pillars can also be seen in houses and temples also. The mosque is very plain and simple surprisingly the temple which is just nearby is much bigger and also architecture wise much complex. I would assume the population division being one and secondly Tipu was a fantastic brainy ruler, he made sure to keep the non Muslim (majority) of the population becoming one of the most popular rulers of his times.

      1. It is not that Mosque is having Southern style pillars,, It is a Mosque built by demolishing an existing Temple… we have hunderds like that across India…thnaks for covering one of them. Tipu tried to maintain harmony and local folk lore say he used to get down his Ambari(elephant ride) approaching The Ranganatha Temple…Thanks

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