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Photo: Photo by Anupam Chatterjee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)A Windsor Castle look-alike in the heart of Bengaluru, still privately owned by the Wadiyar royal family.
Bangalore Palace, built in 1887 by the Wadiyar royal family, draws inspiration from England's Windsor Castle with Tudor-style architecture, fortified towers and turreted parapets. Its interiors feature ornate wood carvings, Belgian glass panels and relief paintings depicting Mysuru's Dasara festivities. The palace still belongs to the Mysuru royal family and periodically hosts concerts and public events on its grounds. It remains one of Bengaluru's most recognisable colonial-era landmarks.
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