Bijapur Tourism Information

Bijapur is situated at the state of Karnataka in India. The city is located about 530 km from Bangalore.

Bijapur is famous for his historical buildings and monuments, which were built during the Adil Shah dynasty. This called gateway to Karnataka from the Goa and Mumbai.

History of Bijapur:

The Bijapur city was established during 10th-11th century by the Chalukyas of Kalyani and referred the city as Vijayapura (City of victory).

Bijapur Tourist Attractions

Bijapur is famous for his historical monuments. Gol Gumbaz is the most famous tourist site. It is a second largest dome ever built in the world, only St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is larger than this. But there are many more monuments in the city for watch and some of them are:

The Malik-e-Maiden:

This is a world’s largest medieval cannon. It has 4 meter long, 1.5 meter diameter and 55tons of weight. The cannon was brought back from the Ahmednagar in the 17th century as a war trophy and placed on the Sherza Burj (Lion Gate) especially built for it. It is said that after igniting the cannon, the gunner would remain underwater in a tank to avoid the deafening explosion.