Sana Konung
Palace in India
The Sana Konung (Meitei: ꯁꯅꯥ ꯀꯣꯅꯨꯡ, romanized: sa-naa ko-noong, lit. '"Golden Palace" or "Royal Palace"') is the royal palace of the rulers of Manipur and their present-day descendants. After the 1891 Anglo-Manipur War, the British took over the Kangla Palace, and Sana Konung was built as the new royal residence, first occupied by Maharaja Churachand Singh in 1908.
Construction
The palace was commissioned in 1904–05, and the building materials are said to have costed Rs. 12,853. The structure occupied an area of 56 by 31.3 metres. The palace was designed on a mixed pattern of Mongol, Hindu and English architectures. It was completed in 1908.
The neighbouring Shree Govindajee Temple was also constructed at the same time and was regarded as part of the palace complex.
History
After Churachand Singh, the Konung palace became the official residence of his successors Bodhchandra Singh, Okendrajit Singh and Leishemba Sanajaoba. The abolition of privy purses by the Government of India in 1971 caused loss of income to the-then titular king Okendrajit Singh, and led him to sell off much of the land surrounding the palace.
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