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Think
of Bijapur and the first thing that comes to mind is the
Gol Gumbaz - the
tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah.
Gol Gumbaz boasts of the second largest
dome in the world. 44 meters in diameter, this dome forms a highly sensitive echo-chamber.
The slightest whisper echoes seven times over and the tick of a clock held at
one end can be distinctly heard at the opposite end - 125 feet away ! But there's
a lot more to Bijapur.
On the western outskirts of the city lies the
mausoleum of Ibrahim Adil Shah II - Ibrahim Roza, said to have inspired
the Taj Mahal in Agra. Embracing 1,16,300 square feet is the Jumma Masjid - "one
of the finest mosques in India".
Here, in a beautiful mihrab -covered
by a heavy curtain - are verses of the Quran, beautifully inscribed in letters
of gold. Malik-e-Maidan - the largest medieval cannon in the world - is fourteen
feet long, weighing about 55 tons.
Legend has it that if you touch the
gun and make a wish, it will come true ! Bijapur is full of such legends. Liked
the one surrounding
Afzal Khan's Centaph. It is said that Afzal Khanstarted
the construction of his own tomb in his lifetime. But eventually could not be
buried here.
You could spend days exploring Bijapur. Wandering around
the Arakilla, the Anand Mahal, the Mehtar Mahal, the Bara Kaman, the Gagan Mahal,
the Amin Durgah, the Assar Mahal, the Chota Asar, the Faroukh Mahal, the Jahz
Mahal, the Jod Gumbaz… Listening to the quaint Deccan dialect.
Sampling the spicy curry with jowar rotis. And packing a host of delightful memories
to carry back home.
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