| Sightseeing Highlights:
The most important monument in Gulbarga is the Khwaja Bande Nawaz Dargah, the tomb of the great Sufi saint. Built in the Indo-Saracenic style, it is also the venue of an annual Urs, attended by thousands.
Visit the Fort, which has 15 towers and 26 guns, one of them measuring 25 feet in length.
Also worth seeing are Sultan Hanan's tomb, the tomb of Ghias-ud-din, and the fine mausoleum of Feroze Shah and his family, the Haft-Gumbaz outside the city. The Mahboob Gulshan surrounded by well-kept lawns draws many visitors, as does the Shrine of Shri Sharanabasaveshwara, a famous pilgrim centre standing near the Gulbarga pond.
Other Activities:
One can also make an excursion outside Gulbarga to the cave temple of Chhaya Bhagavati and the Narayanpur Dam.
The Bonal Lake, which has many birds such as flamingos, ducks, egrets and other aquatic species, is a draw for bird watchers.
Gulbarga, the district and divisional headquarters was formerly in the Hyderabad Nizam's state, and is located 623 km from Bangalore,
in the northern part of the state. It was the first capital of the
Bahmanis from 1347 and because it was a Hindu city before the Islamic
conquest, Gulbarga is unique synthesis of two cultures. |
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