Bijapur Tourism Places - Karnataka officially named as Vijayapura

The Gol Gumbaz (Round Dome) is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah II of the Adil Shahi dynasty. History says that he had a desire to build a mausoleum equivalent to his father’s Ibrahim Rauza Tomb. It is one of the biggest single chamber structures in the world and covers an area of around 18300 square feet. The building was partly completed as the construction began towards the end of his reign. The construction was started in 1626 AD and it took around 30 years to complete. Built of dark grey basalt and plaster, the walls are 9 feet thick and 100 feet high....

Though an ordinary building appears from outside, the Archaeological Museum of Bijapur is an intriguing place from indoors. It is located within the Gol Gumbaz complex. It has a roof that is carved with attractive geometrical patterns of the ancient times. There are a total of six galleries in the building. The first gallery narrates the earliest human settlements in Bijapur and showcases the monolithic-era tools and skeleton of the early man. The second and third galleries are dedicated to the discoveries like the weaponry, armor, coins, sculptures etc, that were found during the excavations....

The beautiful Ibrahim Rauza is among the most elegant and finely proportioned Islamic monuments in India, built by Ibrahim Adil Shah II, the Sultan of Bijapur, in a span of 47 years from 1580 to 1627. The building was designed by the Persian architect Malik Sandal, as the king’s own final resting place, with the sentence of the Quran beautifully covered on the walls. The building consists of two core constructions, a tomb and a mosque in the East and the West respectively. All these buildings were built within a square enclosure with an attractive garden in the front....

Jumma Masjid, or the Jamia Masjid as it is popularly known, was the first mosque to be built during Adil Shah's rule to celebrate his victory in the Battle of Talikota. The basic design of the huge mosque is a perfect square of 116300 sqft, that can accommodate around 3000 people at a time for the prayers. Each space is meant for one occupant to pray. Lines from the Holy Quran are inscribed on the Western wall of the Central Mihrab. One can find unfinished two minarets on both sides of Eastern entrance. The uniqueness of this mosque is the construction of two rows of arches one above the other....