Places of Interest in
Karnataka
Gulbarga Travel Guide
Awe-
inspiring. Strikingly bare. With a beauty all its own.
A Hindu city before the Muhammadan conquest, Gulbarga is unique synthesis of
two cultures. When Bhaman Shah ascended the throne of Daulatabad, it was this
City that he chose as his capital.
He filled it with beautiful palaces, mosques, stately buildings and bazaars.
The later rulers added to Bahman Shas's vision and Gulgarga blossomed.
Start your tour in Gulgarga with
the Fort. Built by Raja Gulchand and
later strengthened by Al-ud-din Bahmani, the fort has 15 towers and 26 guns-one
of them measuring 25 feet in length! Inside the fort is the Jumma Masjid fashioned
on the lines of the
great mosque of Cardova in Spain. To the southern
entrance of the fort is a group of royal tombs.
The most important monument in Gulgbarga is the
Khwaja Bande Nawaz Durgah.
The tomb of the great Sufi saint,
Khawaja Syed Mohammad Gesu Daraz. This
magnificent building in the Indo-Saracenic style, is the venue of an annual
urus, attended by nearly one hundered thousand people, both Muslims and Hindus.
The
Durgah Library houses almost 10,000 books in Urdu, Persain and Arabic. Also
worth seeing are Sultan Hanan's tomb, the tomb of Ghias-ud-din, the fine mausoleum
of Feroze Shah and his family, the Haft-Gumbaz outside the city, the elegant
mosques, the well-kept lawns of Mahboob Gulshan and the Shrine of Shri Sharanabasaveshwara,
a famous pilgrim cente standing near the Gulbarga talab.
If time permits, take in sme of the important sot around Gulbarga Ganigapur,
Malkhed, Sonthi, Shorapur, the Chhaya Bhagavati and the Narayanpur Dam.
Languages Spoken:
Kannda, Hindi, Urdu, English.
When to go there:.
The best time to visit Gulbarga is between September to February.
How to go there:.
Road: Gulgarga is connected by road to most places in south and west
India. Some of these are: · Hyderabad (220 kms) · Bangalore (600 kms)
· Bijapur (160 kms) · Bidar (120 kms) · Basavakalyan (80 kms).
Rail: Gulbarga is connected by rail with Bangalore, Bombay and Hyderabad.
Air: The nearest airport is Hyderabad (220 kms)
