Bijapur Travel Guide

 y2ketan2007 Says:  Jumma Masjid is the largest mosque of Bijapur and was constructed in 1565. It has a prayer hall with fine aisles supported on massive pillars and has an impressive dome . The large courtyard also has a water tank. It is called also called the Jami masjid . The masjid spreads... 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  Gagan Mahal was built by Adil Shah I in 1561 and was used as a palace as well as an audience hall. The central arch of Gagan Mahal is the tallest and widest among all the arches found in Bijapur. Mostly in ruins, the structure is now part of a fantastic park.It was the royal... 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  As you enter the gardens at Gol Gumbaz you first see the ASI Museum .It has a wonderful collection of art , antiques and sculptures from around Bijapur. Surely worth a visit. The Gol Gumbaz is situated behind the museum. 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  This pair of a mosque and a tomb were built by Ibrahim II. Five thousand labourers and artisans took nearly twenty years to build this magnificient monument.This building was surely an inspiration for a later wonder - the Taj Mahal in Agra. 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  A Jain temple built to house a few Jain idols found in Bijapur dating from the 10th to the 14th centuries.The 10th century old idol of Bhagwan Parshwanath is unique and the only one in the world to be adorned by a 1008 headed serpent ! A true paradox in the Muslim town of... 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  This is the unfinished tomb of Adil Shah II.it is a roofless wonder with the arches spanning about 20 feet. 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  This stocky antique cannon is one of the most famous guns in India.It is installed in the Fort of Bijapur. The name of the cannon means 'Monarch of the Plain '.It was cast from bell metal in the city of Ahmednagar and shifted to Bijapur in 1632.There are three inscriptions... 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  Two magnificient cannons were placed atop an oval tower to protect the city.The larger of the two guns was called 'Lamchari' or far-flier. 

 y2ketan2007 Says:  Built in 1650 by Adil Shah , it has one of the largest domes in the world measuring at 124 feet in diameter internally .The whispering gallery running round the majestic dome truly lives up to it's name.The slightest of sound made here turns into a series of loud... 

 Liatris1 Says:  Bijapur's most famous monument is Golgumbaz, built in 1659. It has a dome of 38m in diameter and is the world's second largest. We arrived early one morning at sunrise and was almost the only visitors. We climbed up through the narrow dark stone stairs in one of the towers... 

 Liatris1 Says:  Malik-e-Maidan (The Monarch of the Plains) is the largest medieval cannon in the world. Being 4 m long, 1,5 m in diameter and weighing 55 tons, this gun was brought back from Ahmadnagar in the 17th century as a trophy of war by 400 oxen, 10 elephants and tens of men. It was... 

 Liatris1 Says:  It was friday and only my boyfriend was allowed into the mosque.Jama Masjid in Bijapur/Vijapura is the largest and oldest mosque in the Deccan. The main entrance is from the east side. The columns in the main building divide the floor into 45 equal squares. The most... 

 Liatris1 Says:  Ibrahim Rouza was built by Ibrahim Adil Shah II in 1629, originally as a mausoleum for his wife. But when he died before her, they are both buried here. The mausoleum looks like a mixture of a palace and a temple and has amazing detailed carvings.We had a great time here,...