INTRODUCTION
Bidar is a hill top city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in south India. It is the headquarters of the Bidar District which borders Maharashtra and Telangana. It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider Bidar Metropolitan area. The city is well known for its many sites of architectural, historical and religious importance
HISTORY
LOCATION
BEST TIME TO VISIT
Bidar Fort
The fort houses the ancient city of the Bahamani dynasty along with its palaces, monuments and structures. Of all, the Rangin Mahal palace is a wonderful monument built in the 16th century by Ali Shah Barid.The main attraction of this Rangin Mahal is the wooden columns displaying ornate brackets and beams.
There is also a walled garden, Lal Bagh close to the Rangin Mahal with a central lobe-fringed pool. Adjacent to the Lal Bagh is the Takht Mahal.
Tombs of Bahmani Rulers
Tombs of Bahmani Rulers
This is built within a square shaped garden and is a domed chamber where the tomb is about 25m high.
The panels above these arches have beautifully inlaid mosaic tiles.
But however the tombs of the Bahmani Rulers were much grander than that of the tombs of the Barid Shahis.
Madrassa of Mahmud Gawan
This centre of Islamic learning was built in 1472 by the then Prime Minister, Khwaja Mohammad Gawan during the period of the Bahamani ruler Muhammad-III.
Now this huge three-storey building accommodates a mosque, a laboratory, lecture halls, quarters for the teaching faculty and a students’ hostel.
Chaubara
This tower is cylindrical and it is about 71-feet-tall.
Takhti-i-Kirmani
Guru Nank Jhira
Meanwhile there was acute shortage of drinking water.
Seeing the misery of people Guru Nanak performed a miracle and created a spring of fresh water from the rocks.
Nobody knows where from the water is coming.