Bangalore
Palace
Built in 1880 at the exorbitant cost of one million rupees,
the Bangalore Palace was modelled on Windsor Castle,
completed with fortified towers and turreted parapets.
It stands
amid undulating lawns, partly converted into a formal
garden with axial paths. Spreads over 13,700sq m (147,466
sqft)
the palace fell into disrepair after 1949 when it was
at the centre of an ownership dispute between the government
and the ruling wodeyars. It has since been restored to
the wodeyars and is now rented out as a popular venue
for functions such as weddings and music concerts and
film
shoots. No Kannada movie is considered complete if a
scene is not shot here. |
