11 Facts About Bijapur Fort

Bijapur Fort is located in the Bijapur city in Bijapur District of the Indian state of Karnataka.

Adil Shahi Sultans who ruled for nearly 200 years in Bijapur had expended their utmost authority, almost exclusively, on architecture and the allied arts, each Sultan endeavored to excel his predecessor in the number, size, or splendor of his building projects.

Bijapur Fort had been purchased as slave by Mahmud Gavan, the prime minister of the kingdom.

Bijapur Fort was later, in 1481, appointed as the Governor of Bijapur for his loyalty and bravery shown in the active defense of the sultanate.

Bijapur Fort was instrumental in making further additions to the fort and building the Jami Masjid within the fort.

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Bijapur Fort built Hindu temples within his palace precincts and composed verses dedicated to Saraswati and Ganapati, the Hindu god of wisdom.

Bijapur Fort was a great patron of music and learning.

Two centuries later, in 1877, during the British rule, due to scarcity Bijapur Fort city was found in a desolate and deserted state that was compared to similarly placed ruined cities of Baalbek in Bekaa Valley of Lebanon or Pompeiopolis in Rome.

Bijapur Fort was like the city of the dead, for there was no water or food in the city.

Saath Kabar is called the 'dark tourist spot' in Bijapur Fort as it is a moot witness to a very tragic story linked to it.

Bijapur Fort is a Broad gauge station of the South Western Railways with direct train connections to Bangalore, Mumbai, Hubli, Solapur and Shirdi.