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Building in Kollam city, India
Thevally Palace
(
Malayalam
:
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) or
Thevalli Palace
is a popular heritage Palace situated at the banks of
Ashtamudi lake
, in
Thevally
,
Kollam
city. It is an important historic monument in the state of
Kerala
in
India
. Thevally Palace was built in between 1811 and 1819 the reign of
Gowri Parvati Bayi
.
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It is considered as a
Hallmark of Kollam City
. Now the palace is used as the
NCC Group Headquarters
of
Kollam district
.
[2]
[3]
The palace and its premises are now owned by PWD
[4]
[5]
History
[
edit
]
Thevally Palace is a kind of architectural marvel situated at
Kollam
city. It was built in between 1811 and 1819, during the reign of
Gowri Parvati Bayi
. The Kings of
Travancore
had used Thevally Palace during their visits to
Kollam
in order to meet the British Residents and to discuss with the officials. The architecture of the palace is a mixture of
British
,
Dutch
and
Portuguese
.
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[7]
The palace was once used for the administrative purposes.
Kollam
was the capital of
Travancore
kingdom then. The total skeleton of the palace, made of materials like laterire and lime plaster. The main attraction of the palace is that, it is situated on the banks of
Ashtamudi Lake
. The palace includes a temple of Lord Sastha.
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