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Seringapatam: Dovecote

[Dovecote]

Photographs © Robin Walsh 1999

Restored dovecote located near the entrance to the Daria Daulat (Tipu's Summer Palace)

[Dovecote]

Photograph © Robin Walsh 1999.

Original dovecote located beside the roadway on the way to Ganjam, Srirangapatna (Seringapatam) island. Carrier pigeons were used by Tipu Sultan during the Anglo-Mysore wars for communicating his instructions to his commanders in the field and for intelligence gathering.

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