Skip to main content

Tippu Sultan Resting Place, Srirangapatna, Karnataka, India

The Gumbaz at Ganjam Srirangapattana is a Islamic mausoleum located in Srirangapatna, India.

It is in centre of a beautiful landscaped gardens, holding the graves of Tipu Sultan (Western Side), his father Hyder Ali (Middle) and his mother Fakhr-Un-Nisa (Eastern Side).

It was built by Tipu Sultan to house the graves of his parents. Tipu was buried here after his death in the Siege of Srirangapatna in 1799.

Entrance gate to the garden

Panorama of the garden

  • The Gumbaz is designed in the Islamic style, with a large rectangle shaped garden, having a path leading to the mausoleum.
  • In the middle of the garden, the Gumbaz stands on an elevated platform.

Panorama of the mausoleum

Dome of the mausoleum

Black granite pillars
The dome is supported by sharply cut black granite pillars.


North door and window
The doors and windows have latticework cut through in stone on the same black granite material.

  • The walls inside are painted with tiger stripes, the colours of Tippu Sultan.
  • The three graves of Tippu Sultan, his father Hyder Ali and his mother Fakr-Un-Nisa are located inside the mausoleum.

Al-Aqsa Mosque
The mosque is located on the west side of the mausoleum.


Panorama of the mosque

Panorama of the garden seen from south
Many of Tippu's relatives are buried outside the mausoleum in the garden.


Leaving Tippu Sultan Resting Place

See Also

Source

Location

Location: CP67+2H2, Gumbaz Rd, Ganjam, Karnataka 571477, India