{"id":5728,"date":"2019-01-09T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=5728"},"modified":"2019-01-23T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T09:13:18","slug":"gaddige-rajas-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/gaddige-rajas-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaddige &#8211; Raja\u2019s tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5729\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaddige-tomb-coorg-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaddige-tomb-coorg-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gaddige-tomb-coorg.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5730\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rajas_Tomb_Gaddige_a_panoramic_view_from_the_backside._Can_see_the_garden_as_well-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rajas_Tomb_Gaddige_a_panoramic_view_from_the_backside._Can_see_the_garden_as_well-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Rajas_Tomb_Gaddige_a_panoramic_view_from_the_backside._Can_see_the_garden_as_well.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5731\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tombs-of-Biddanda-Bopu-and-Somayya5-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tombs-of-Biddanda-Bopu-and-Somayya5-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tombs-of-Biddanda-Bopu-and-Somayya5-768x286.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tombs-of-Biddanda-Bopu-and-Somayya5-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tombs-of-Biddanda-Bopu-and-Somayya5.jpg 1443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Gaddige,+Karnataka+571189\/@12.1894678,76.3710093,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ba58957b9e94f41:0x3c90aa4a03b75970!8m2!3d12.1895507!4d76.3734959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaddige<\/a> or Raja\u2019s tomb is situated in <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/history-of-madikeri\/\">Madikeri<\/a>. Gaddige were built in Muhammadan style with tombs at the center and turrets at the corners. Nandi figures was carved on top of the corners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entrance of the tombs has carvings too. Lord Shiva is placed and worshipped inside the tomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three tombs built for the royal dynasty. The central tomb which is the largest among the three is of <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/nalknad-palace\/\">King Doddaveerarajendra<\/a> and his wife Mahadeviamma. The right tomb built by <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/nalknad-palace\/\">Chikkaveerarajendra<\/a> for his father <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/nalknad-palace\/\">Lingarajendra<\/a> in 1820 A.D. The left tomb belongs to Veerarajendra\u2019s guru Rudrappa built in 1834 A.D.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closer to the tombs is the burial place of the two brave royal kodava officials <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/biddanda-bopanna-bopu\/\">Biddanda Bopaiah<\/a> and his son <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/biddanda-somayya\/\">Biddanda Somayya<\/a>&nbsp;who sacrificed their life fighting against Tippu Sultan. It is now a prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/tourist-places\/\">tourist place<\/a>&nbsp;in Kodagu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Architecture<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaddige were built in Muhammadan style with tombs at the center and turrets at the corners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/history-of-madikeri\/\">Madikeri&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Gaddige or Raja\u2019s tomb is situated in Madikeri. Gaddige were built in Muhammadan style with tombs at the center and turrets at the corners. Nandi figures was carved on top of the corners. 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