Mysore P alace

 Owner: Rajmata Pramoda Devi Wodeyar

 Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India
 Construction Period: 1897-1912
 Cost of Construction: 42 lakh (58,779 US Dollars)
 Ground Floor Area: 74.676 meters by 47.5488 meters
 Famous for: Dussehra Activities (Hindu Festival that separates the victory of good over evil
 Architect: Henry Irwin (Architect of British India)

Architecture

 Mysore Palace is a collection of different architectural styles ranging from Sassanian (Persia) Style to Hindu and
Islamic style –making it an Indo-Saracenic Revival Style as it is today.

Evolution

By the turn of 12th A large number of Saracenic style rose as Islamic The In 19th century, India
century, the Islamic structures in influences took over India. aforementioned came under the colonial
Islamic power in India during the (Saracenic Architecture: Islamic style, when powers which brought rise
to a further new hybrid
India has brought Mughal era were built Architecture consisting of chiefly merged with native
style called Indo-Saracenic
a new style of with the application of mosques and tombs Indian Styles, gave
Revival style. (Indo-
architecture Sassanian style. characterized by decorated rise to a hybrid Saracenic Revival Style:
(largely central (Sassanian/ Sassanid: surfaces, bulbous domes, style called Indo- Indo-Saracenic with
Asian style) to last pre-Islamic Persian horseshoe, pointed, and multi- Islamic or Indo- Gothic Features form the
India. Empire) foil arches) Saracenic style. Victorian ruler)

Islamic Features

 Deep pink marble domes projecting at the corners of the palace

Gothic Features

 Evident at the tallest tower of the palace, standing 145 feet (45 meters), five stories at the middle of the palace
which projects up from t he rest of the roof line of the palace similarly of Gothic Cathedrals’
 Beautifully carved granite capitals

Rajput and Rajshani Features

 The Mysore palace applied one typical

features of the Islamic/Persian Architecture –
bulbous and pointed domes which is topped
by a cupola (a structured featured in
Renaissance Architecture specifically in
Florence Cathedral) In Rajput style, this is
called a domed Chhatri. (Center, and at the
top on either side of the central arch of the
façade.
 Jharokha –protuding balconies or Jharokha or Protruding
overhanging windows (southern and Balconies Central Dome of Mysore Palace
northern extremities) Top of the balcony is
with deep pink stone that forms a semi dome while the bottom is supported by structural feature in a form of a
lotus.

Persian Features

 large dome where the Cchatri located

Sassanian Features

 Cusped Arches located at the main entrance of the structure

Local Features

 Woodworks (Doors carved out of teak and rosewood with ivory chips)

Italian Features

 Pietra dura or Agra work; originated in Italy; it is the various bright semi-precious stones embedded on the
marble flooring to create interesting motifs

Significant Parts of the Structure

 Elephant Gate
 Jayarmatanda Gate (Main gate)
 Expansive Central Court (set of giant lion images
casted out of brass)
 Marriage Hall (Kalyana Mantapa) –octagonal
open hall; with brightly decorated floor tiles,
balconies, slender cast iron pillars and tinted glass
ceiling
 Durbar Hall (Diwan-e-Am) and Durbar Lift
 Ambavilasa (Diwan-e-Khas) –private audience
hall; most decorative of all areas in the palace
(designed with tinted glass ceiling)
 Golden Throne of Mysore
Facts:

In the western languages before the 16th century, the words “Muslim” and “Islam” were not used and instead “Saracen”
was in common use.