[3] The princes were sent to reside in a fort at Gorur in Hassan district, and a garrison was stationed at Mercara (capital of Kodagu).

They suspected that Hyder Ali had evil intentions with regard to the young princes and the royal family, and that he would treat them the same way as he was treating the Wodeyar royal family of neighbouring Mysore, which also had been taken over in the same way by Hyder Ali, as guardian of an underage prince.

At that time, Hyder Ali was busy fighting against the British, and the Kodava nobility managed to throw the garrison out of Kodagu and proclaim their independence.

[3] However, the underage princes could not be rescued from the custody of Hyder Ali and continued to reside under his "protection" in Gorur fort.

In December 1782, within a few months of the Kodava rebellion, Hyder Ali died and was succeeded by his son, Tipu Sultan.

Tipu moved the Kodagu princes from Gorur to Periyapatna and placed them under explicit arrest, closely monitoring them.

[1] The palace is a protected monument under the aegis of the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka.

[7] There is a proposal to make the palace into a major tourist spot by converting a part of it as a museum to display the crafts of the Kodagu region.