GO HERITAGE RUN - SRIRANGAPATNA
A fun, untimed run at this river island town steeped in religious, cultural and historic significance
A fun, untimed run at this river island town steeped in religious, cultural and historic significance
Date: Sunday 5 NOV 2017 Venue: Daria Daulat Bagh, Srirangapatna Reporting Time: 06.00 AM Run Start: 06.15 AM Google Maps: link NOTE: Bib Pickup will take place prior to run start at the same venue.
All run routes begin at Daria Daulat Bagh, the teakwood palace of Tipu Sultan dating back to when Srirangapatna was the seat of power of Mysore state. Runners on the 5K route will make their way through the river island that is Srirangapatna until they reach the Kaveri river...
The GHR Srirangapatna run T-shirt is representative of all things Tipu Sultan – his familiar headgear, his sword and tiger stripe motifs. Also on the run T-shirt and not quite representative of Tipu Sultan are a bunch of runners making their way across the river island of Srirangapatna!
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