Tipu Sultan’s summer palace, as the name suggests, was the summer retreat of the Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. It is located in Srirangapatna, which is 135 kms from Bengaluru city and 14 kms from Mysuru. Its construction had commenced during the reign of Tipu Sultan within the walls of the Bangalore Fort by Tipu Sultan’s father Hyder Ali, and was completed in 1791 by Tipu Sultan himself.