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Bijapur Tour Package
Bijapur was formerly known as Vijayapur – the city
of victory. The city is well known for its historical
monuments of architectures which were built
during the Adil Shah dynasty. When you will come
to explore these monuments, you will find some
incredible facts.
You can easily reach to Bijapur from Mumbai,
Bangalore, and Hyderabad. The city is well
connected by the train and bus transportation
from all the major cities and you can reach by
flight to the nearest airport like Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Belgaum then you can hire a taxi,
cab.

BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN BIJAPUR
The city is a cultural hub due to influence of several
dynasties, so the footprint of those dynasties can be seen
yet, over the centuries. The city has so many places to visit,
but the six most astonish historical monuments take you
in that ancient period.
“Gol Gumbaz” is the second largest mausoleum of Adil
Shah completed in 1657. The name derived from its
circular dome shape, you will be surprised by the technique
used in the construction of this dome, whatever sound you
make inside the central chamber, the sound is echoed
seven times. You will be surprised by the other attraction,
“the Whispering Gallery”, where even a soften sound of a
minute can be heard, if you even drop a pen that sound
can be heard at a distance of 37 meters away. You can
hear this sound very clearly.There is a museum next to the
monuments, “Archaeological Museum” consists several of
curious objects like paintings, inscription, manuscripts and
weapons etc.

BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN BIJAPUR
Bijapur Tour Package
“Ibrahim Rauza” is also situated near the Gol Gumbaz; this
is the mausoleum of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, known for
religious lenience as Mughal Emperor Akbar. It is inspired
by Taj Mahal, and built on a single slab of rock. This
mausoleum has twin tombs of Ibrahim Adil Shah and his
wife. The architecture is an exemplar is of its marvellous
minarets and gateways.
When you will pass through the Mecca gate to Shahpur
Gate you will see a cannon, which is named as “Malik-e-
Maidan”, it is the largest medieval cannon in the world. It is
4 meters in length and 55 tons in weight. This cannon was a
trophy of a war in the 17th century, the Sherza Burj was
specially built to place it. You can’t even imagine that how
could it bring here, it bought with 400 oxen, 10 elephants,
and tens of men. The gunner has to dip under water to
escape from the sound of the cannon after the explosion.
The “Upli Burj” was built by Hyder Khan. It is 80 feet high
tower which was a watch tower used for monitoring
purposes. There is a circular staircase to reach on the top;
you can take a view to the city. The two large cannon are
still there.

BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN BIJAPUR
Among all these monuments the “Jami Masjid” is the
largest mosque in India, and it is adorned with the paintings
and murals. It covers an area of 116, 300 square feet. It is
gracefully crafted and designed mosque.
These monuments are amazingly crafted and the
techniques are applied in centuries ago, is tremendous and
incredible. This trip will take you to the best places to visit in
the ancient and historical city of Bijapur.
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