Wellington Lodge – ವೆಲ್ಲಿಂಗಟನ್ ಲಾಡ್ಜ್ — Attraction in Karnataka

A historical place with a wonderful story. A must go place if you pass by. More than 200 years old , the Wellington Lodge located next to the KSRTC Bus stand is  one of the earliest colonial structures built in Mysore. There is a plaque installed on the front hall of the first floor which says this mansion was used as the residence of Arthur Wellesley from 1799 to 1801.

The historic background of the era throws some light on the  intent of its construction. The fag end of the year 1799 saw the fall of Tippu Sultan and restoration of the power back to the Wodeyars of Mysore.

Though he was not commanding the assault  troops, the young Colonel Arthur Wellesley Wellington was in charge of the rear advances that secured the fort of Srirangapatna. Immediately after the fall of Tippu, he was appointed as the commandant of the region. He occupied the summer palace of Tippu Sultan, Daria Daulat Bagh, in Srirangapatna.

Soon the British East India Company appointed him as its political representative to oversee the settlement of Mysore after the Tippu regime. Since the power is now shifted back to Mysore, Srerangapatna is no more a capital city.

The Wellington Lodge was hurriedly completed in this context, near the Mysore Palace. Later in 1799 Arthur Wellesley moved his residence to the Wellington Lodge. He stayed there as the commissioner of Mysore for two years till 1801. Later he left Mysore to command the war against the Maratha Empire. In 1814 he became the first Duke of Wellington and in 1828 the prime minister of United Kingdom. In Srirangapatna you can also see the 1804 built bridge that's named after him...

COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER OPULENT STRUCTURES IN MYSORE WELLINGTON LODGE OF IRWIN ROAD IS STARK AND RATHER PLAIN BUT THERE 'S A REASON FOR IT AFTER THE DEFEAT OF TIPU SULTAN IN 1799 THE BRITHISH NEEDED THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN MYSORE AND THUS THIS BUILDING WAS COMPLEDED HURRIEDLY ITS FIRST OCCUPANT WAS ARTHUR WELLESLEY IT WAS THE HEADQUARTER OF COMMISSIONERS OF MYSORE I WENT THEIR BY HIRING CAR FROM LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT OF BAGALORE YOU CAN CAR FROM BANGALORE AND IF YOU STAY IN MYSORE THEN YOU CAN GET MANY LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS I WENT THIR...

It is a 200 yr old building hosting a collection of amazing paintings in the first floor. The building itself is beautiful and is in the middle of the city close to other tourist places. Yet it is a very peaceful place having a huge lawn with artifacts here and there. There was another temporary presentation of Madhya Pradesh folk life in the ground floor. It was very good, informative and interesting. They also had a souvenir sale going on. Overall, it was an...