The Great Mosque, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'This mosque with tall minarets, which owing to the flatness of the country are conspicuous from a great distance, was erected by Tipu. It was here on the 23rd February, 1792, that Tipu assembled all the principal officers and sought their ad...
Front view of garden and mausoleum of Haidar and Tipu, Ganjam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'This is a view taken from the gateway, over which the Navabat Khana or Music Hall of the Mausoleum is built. The graceful palms are probably those planted by Tipu, but the ancient cypress trees that once lined the central walk have gradually...
Sri Ranganathaswami's Temple, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of exterior wall and entrance gopura. Caption notes read: 'The temple of Sri Ranganathaswami is the principal Hindu building in the fort. It is related that in the earliest ages, Gautama, rishi, worshipped here. In A.D. 894, one Tirumalaiya appears to have ...
The Elephant Gate, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'This was the principal entrance to the fort and is situated on the south side. An inscription on it, in Persian, states that the foundation of the fort was in the year 1219 from the birth of Muhammad (1791 A.D.) under a favourable conjunctio...
The Wellesley Bridge, Seringapatam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'Wellesley Bridge, over the Kaveri at Seringapatam, was erected in 1804, under the direction of Dewan Purnaiya, at the cost of 5½ lakhs, and named after the Governor-General, the Marquis of Wellesley. It is an interesting specimen of native a...
The Mausoleum of Haidar and Tipu, Ganjam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Caption notes read: 'The mausoleum or gumbaz was built by Tipu Sultan for his father. It is a square building of stone, surmounted by a dome, and surrounded by a colonnade of polished pillars of black hornblende. The interior is painted in lacquer with the tiger...
The Tombs of Haidar and Tipu, Ganjam. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of the mausoleum. Caption notes read: 'There are three tombs; those of Haidar, Tipu, and Tipu's mother. Each is covered with a handsome gold embroidered pall. A tablet on Tipu's tomb has in verse the following expressions: - The light of Islam and ...