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{{Short description|Palace in Karnataka}}

{{Infobox building
| name = Suralu Mud Palace
| image = File:Sural palace5.jpg
| caption = The [[Façade]] of the palace
| completion_date = 1511
| owner = Sudarshan Shetty
|location = Sural village, [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| material = [[Clay]]
}}

'''Suralu Mud Palace''', also known as just Sural Palace, is located in Sural village near [[Udupi]]. The palace was built in 1511 by the Tolahara dynasty who ruled parts of [[Udupi district|Udupi]] at the time.<ref name="The Hindu 2016">{{Cite news |date=2016-05-19 |title=Udupi's 500-year-old mud palace gleams anew |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/udupis-500yearold-mud-palace-gleams-anew/article8622961.ece |access-date=2025-07-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The palace had housed 8-9 families of the dynasty. It currently belongs to Sudarshan Shetty who is a descendant of the dynasty.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-05-21 |title=600-year-old Suralu mud palace undergoes partial restoration in Kokkarne |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/600-year-old-suralu-mud-2066293 |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

==Description==
The palace was made using mud and timber. [[Clay]] was used to build the walls and rooftops were made using [[roof tiles|country tiles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Udupi: Centuries Old Suralu Palace Awaits Restoration to Former Glory |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=108424 |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>
The palace consists of seven "angalas" ([[courtyards]]) and a Shrine for the Goddess [[Padmavati (Hinduism)|Padmavathi]]. The palace also consists of bathrooms, a shed, kitchens and a storehouse of agricultural crops.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Udupi: 600-year-old Suralu mud palace partially restored at Kokkarne |url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Udupi-600-year-old-Suralu-mud-palace-partially-restored-at-Kokkarne.html |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=www.mangaloretoday.com}}</ref> The upper rooms were home to the women of the palace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ಪೆರ್ಡೂರು ಮಾಗಣೆ ಚಾವಡಿ ಪುನಶ್ಚೇತನ |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/udupi/-/articleshow/52400011.cms |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=Vijay Karnataka |language=kn}}</ref> The layout of the palace is designed in such a way as to prevent women from accessing the ground floor.<ref name="auto"/> The roof is supported by wooden pillars through the use of the [[Interlock (engineering)|inter-lock]] method, no nails used in the process.<ref name="The Hindu 2016"/> The palace corridor’s [[lintel]] carries an inscription dated 1828, which states that it was renovated that year. The palace also contains a collection of ornate sculptures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=K. Abhishankar |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3277 |title=Karnataka state Gazetteer: South Kanara District |date=1973 |publisher=Bangalore, Director of Printing Stationery and Publications |pages=761}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="left">
File:Sural palace6.jpg|Gate
File:ಸೂರಾಲು ಅರಮನೆ3.jpg|Palna
File:Sural palace3.jpg|Internal courtyard of the palace
File:ಸೂರಾಲು ಅರಮನೆ2.jpg|Suralu Mahalingeshwara Temple
File:Sural palace2.jpg|Staircase
</gallery>

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[[Category:Palaces in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1511]]

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