Sunday, 22 November 2015

Ride With Love To Istana Sri Menanti



Today we choose to ride to Seri Menanti Palace at Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is located about 18 km from Seremban via trunk road Jalan Kuala Pilah-Seremban and make a right turn at a junction at kampung Terachi. From here,4 km ride uphills till you reached the small town call Sri Menanti. Along the way, we can seeing a lot of duck and daging salai @ smoked meat selling at the Terachi district area.




In the middle of traffic jem from the junction of Sri Menanti to Kuala Pilah 
I meet my old friend Jaafar. 
His on the way to send his son to Tahfiz school.



Some of the curve....very interesting, nice and peaceful.





It consists of a row of wooden shop houses, a Post Office and a Police station nearby.There is also a Klinik Kesihatan and a SRK Sri Menanti and SMK Tunku Besar Burhanuddin. Many traditional Minangkabau houses still standing grand if travel to the inner parts of Sri Menanti into the villages mentioned above.Those who likes riding site seeing can take a ride along the kampong to Senaling about 12 km away and can also be able to Kuala Pilah or towards Tampin with sign board to guide along the roads.



This is Seri Menanti, the royal capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan,Malaysia situated the Kuala Pilah district, it houses the seat of the head of state or Yamtuan Besar, the local equivalent of the Sultan. The royal palace is known as "Istana Besar".

A tiny town, other landmarks include the old wooden palace known as Istana Lama, built by Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah (reigned 1888–1933) without the use of a single nail. Seri Menanti Royal Mausoleum, Tuanku Munawir Royal Mosque (Masjid Diraja Tuanku Munawir) and the Seri Menanti Resort are also in Seri Menanti.

Istana Sri Menanti


Istana of Sri Menanti is one of the few last remaining timber palaces in Malaysia and was built between 1902 and 1908 for Tuanku Muhammad Shah, the 7th Ruler or Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. It was designed by two local Malay carpenters; and the detailed drawings were provided by Mr. M.Woodford who was the head draughtsman at the Public Works Department. The four-storey palace was constructed without nails, pieced together with hardwood dowels and rivets. 99 posts were used in the construction and the entire structure was raised on timber posts made of penak (cengal) wood. Decorating the roof of the central tower represent a pair of locked buffalo horns and are regarded as a protective symbol for Minangkabau houses. The roof tiles or genting, are made from ironwood (kayu belian), a hardwood species that is extremely rare now. These were imported from Sarawak. Istana Sri Menanti was the official residence of the royal family until 1931 and was turned into a Royal Museum in 1992






On the way back.. some of the village view that catch our eyes..we share our experience with local life here...




Views from main bus stand in Kuala Pilah








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Location in Bus Station Kuala Pilah












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