This story is from June 25, 2016

Kalyan Mantap in place for the grand wedding

The Mantapa at the Mysuru Palace has been dusted and moved to the ornate Kalyan Mantap for the wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family, on June 27.
Kalyan Mantap in place for the grand wedding
The Mantapa at the Mysuru Palace has been dusted and moved to the ornate Kalyan Mantap for the wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family, on June 27.
Mysuru: The Mantapa at the Mysuru Palace has been dusted and moved to the ornate Kalyan Mantap for the wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family, on June 27.
Like the Bhadrasana, the silver throne which was the most treasured heirloom of the Mysuru Palace, during the pattabisheka of Yaduveer, the mantapa is also the centre of attraction given that it has served the royals for generations.

As the royal family got into the wedding mood starting with pujas, the mantap, a wooden structure, has been assembled and moved to Kalyan Mantap, where it sits at the centre of the glass-topped auditorium. Like the Bhadrasana, used only during the coronation of maharajas, the 10-foot high mantapa is used exclusively during the wedding of royal family members.
Unlike the Bhadrasana, which was used after 41 years last May when the pattabisheka was performed, the mantapa was used in 1992 when the royal family celebrated the wedding of a Mysuru royal.
Sources said the mantapa is kept dissembled after weddings and moved back to the safe. It has a figurine attached to it which depicts Girija Kalyan, the wedding of Lord Shiva with Parvathi, which is also moved to the Kalyan Mantap.
The ornate Kalyan Mantap has hosted the coronations of three maharajas since its construction in 1912 and witnessed the weddings of over two dozen royals.
The royal family reportedly built the octagonal Kalyan Mantap for special occasions like weddings and birthday celebrations of the maharajas and other royals. While a major part of the palace was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1897, the family built the palace on the same spot. There was one major distinction though: fire-proof material was widely used.
A senior member of the Urs community, who is well versed with the royal family lore, said the Kalyan Mantap was built specifically to celebrate weddings. It is known as the marriage pavilion, he pointed out, and embellished lavishly. All three sides of the walls of the auditorium have Mysuru style wall paintings. There are 26 paintings depicting stories from mythology to contemporary Dasara processions with caparisoned elephant carrying the maharajas seated on the golden howdah. The glass ceiling has designs done at Glasgow, Scotland.
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