The white dome
Above black pillars.
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Tipu Sultan's Gumbaz is an Islamic mausoleum at Srirangapatna near Mysuru, holding the graves of Tipu Sultan, his father Hyder Ali and his mother Fakhr-Un-Nisa. Set in a broad formal garden, with a white dome and black columns, it is among the leading monuments of the Mysore Sultanate. Tipu Sultan raised it between 1782 and 1784 for his parents, and he was buried here after his death at the siege of Srirangapatna in 1799. The garden held cypress and other species he gathered from Persia, Ottoman Turkey, Kabul and French Mauritius. The original carved doors went to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the present ebony doors inlaid with ivory were a gift of Lord Dalhousie. The building stands on a raised platform at the centre of the garden, with sharply cut black granite pillars and lattice windows in the same stone. Above are white walls, small towers and a big dome. The Masjid-e-Aksa with its minaret adjoins it, and arcades surround a court with the graves of Tipu's relatives. A long path leads up between clipped cypress trees. It is 13 km in a straight line from Mysore Palace, and the two pair well in a day. Dress modestly, remove your shoes on entering and keep quiet near the graves. It gets hot at midday, so come in the morning or afternoon, and the garden gives shade at the sides. Srirangapatna also has the remains of Tipu's fort.
Above black pillars.
A long approach to the tomb.
With its minaret beside the tomb.
Ganjam, Srirangapatna, near Mysuru
Tipu Sultan, his father Hyder Ali and his mother Fakhr-Un-Nisa.
In the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The present doors were a gift of Lord Dalhousie.