Heritage Walk
After living a sequence of uneventful days in my life, this was the day when we visited Nalknad Palace & Padi Sri Igguthappa Temple. Here, I was amazed by the intellectuality of the architects who designed this stupendous structure, which had sophisticated underground passages which served as a good hideout place for the King. This was also the place where the sister of the king was married to the prince of another kingdom, this structure was called "Kalyana Mantapa". Then we traveled to Padi Sri Igguthappa Temple, a temple that has high spiritual importance in the Kodava Tribe. History of Nalknad Palace The palace was built by a Haleri rule Dodda Virarajendra in the year 1792. This palace was built by him because of his victory and escape from the troops of Tipu Sultan’s kingdom. His wedding to Mahadevammaji also took place in this palace in 1796. In order to protect the kingdom against enemies, the king also planned and built an underground tunnel whic...