As soon as you see this incredible teak building, you want to tie the turban, get a harem, and run the state.

Welcome to the summer residence of Tipu Sultan. This ruler is remembered in Bangalore as one of the cruelest and bloodthirsty. However, judging by the summer palace, he was an admirer of beauty with an excellent sense of style.

Now the palace looks a little frightening: the wood has darkened, the paint has peeled off, and the masonry has been destroyed. It seems that you are walking around a ghost house from some spooky story for kids.

In the old days, around the 10th and 11th centuries, it looked much prettier and more brilliant. High-ranking officials, concubines, and other people who were allowed to enter the palace entered a spacious hall with four rows of wooden columns gilded on top. The same columns were found throughout the palace. On each side, there were two staircases leading to the second floor. If you stood in the center of the hall, with your back to the entrance and your head upwards, you could see a small wooden balcony. Just the same was on the other side of the building. Tipu separated communication with subjects and with ordinary people. With some people, he spoke from one balcony, and with others – from another.

Let's imagine that the monarch has finished his speech, everyone is free and we can further explore the palace. On the first floor, there are the bedrooms of the sultan and his concubines. Do you hear the rustling of dresses? Seems that beautiful concubines of the sultan just passed by these dark wooden columns, and behind them, there are brave guards in shining armor guarding the girls. 

Now the light hardly penetrates here. At that time, thousands of years ago, the dark corridors of the sultan's summer residence were lit by bright torches. When your fantasy calms down a bit, go back down to the ground floor. There is a mini-museum with items, weapons, and paintings of clothing of those times.