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2007-07-24 10:10:56 · 3 answers · asked by alexander charles 1 in Travel India Other - India

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The palace houses several rooms of importance. These include:

Audience Chamber: This was Hall of Private Audience, where the king would confer with his ministers. It was also the chamber in which he gave audience to people deserving special attention.
Public Durbar: The Diwan-e-aam was a public hall where the general population could meet the king at prescribed times with petitions.
Royal wedding hall
Armoury: The palace houses an armoury, which contains a collection of different types of arms used by the members of the royal family. These include weapons that were used in the 14th century (lances, cutlasses, etc), as well as weapons that were used in the early twentieth century (pistols, etc).

Ambavilasa or Diwan e Khas.
This was used by the king for private audience and is one of the most spectacular rooms. Entry to this opulent hall is through an elegantly carved rosewood doorway inlaid with ivory that opens into a shrine to Ganesha. The central knave of the hall has ornately gilded columns, stained glass ceilings, decorative steel grills, and chandeliers with fine floral motifs, mirrored in the pietra dura mosaic floor embellished with semi-precious stones.

Gombe Thotti (Doll’s Pavilion)
Entry to the palace is through the Gombe Thotti or the Doll’s Pavilion, a gallery of traditional dolls from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The pavilion also houses a fine collection of Indian and European sculpture and ceremonial objects like a wooden elephant howdah (frame to carry passengers) decorated with 84 kilograms of gold.

Kalyana Mantapa
The Kalyana Mantapa or marriage hall is a grand octagonal-shaped pavilion with a multihued stained glass ceiling with peacock motifs arranged in geometrical patterns. The entire structure was wrought in Glasgow, Scotland. The floor of the Mantapa continues the peacock theme with a peacock mosaic, designed with tiles from England.Oil paintings, illustrating the royal procession and Dasara celebrations of bygone years ,make the walls more splendid.

These rooms or halls are open to the public, there are many other such rooms in the Palace.

2007-07-24 14:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

i dont know about how many rooms are there in the mysore palace,but i do know that the palace is a 3 storied building and overlooking it is a tower which is 5 storied...

2007-07-24 11:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by Nickita t 1 · 0 0

There are many rooms in Mysore Palace. I do not know how many. For more details,

http://www.holidayiq.com/destinations/Mysore-Overview.html

2007-07-24 18:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are many rooms in the Mysore Palace. However, I do not know the exact number of rooms in the palace.

For more details about the palace, please check the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_Palace

http://www.mysore.org.uk/royal-buildings/mysore-palace.html

2007-07-24 12:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0 0

470

2007-07-24 15:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by prashant k 2 · 0 0

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