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Photographs © Robin Walsh 1999
Restored dovecote located near the entrance to the Daria Daulat (Tipu's Summer Palace)
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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