The Tomb of the Tiger of Mysore

After his death Tipu Sultan was burried next to his parents Hyder Ali and his mother in a tomb (in Indian called Gumbaz) close to his palace in Srirangapatnam. We had an excellent tour guide in Srirangapatnam - an older guy with an impressive knowledge about the history of the place. You can see him in the foreground of the picture. Today the 6th generation of Tipu Sultans descendant is very ppoor - living in Calcutaa, where the family of Tipu Sultan was banned by the British after the defeat. The doors of the Gumbaz were origianlly made out of teakwood and gold, but the British troops looted the place and took the gold. In the early 20th century the doors were then replaceed by doors made out of teakwood with ivory inlays.