Bijapur – The City of Victory!, Vijayapur city, India

Now when you hear someone’s travelling in India, you don’t think they’d be heading to Bijapur (now known as Vijayapura) as a tourist destination, do you? Yes the city has numerous monuments & works of art from over 500years ago and yes the city has the world famous Gol Gumbaz, a monument that was built nearly 500years ago, as a tomb for Mohammed Adil Shah but given the publicity it has, not even a lot of locals within the state or the country know about the place or its history as much as it deserves. It’s honestly such a shame that Tourism India doesn’t promote places like these in the overseas exhibitions & campaigns. Even the Incredible India promotions do not show places like these anywhere within or outside India.

Gol Gumbaz is the tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah, the 7th ruler of Adil Shahi Dynasty who ruled that geography for 30yrs. The simple yet charming design of Gol Gumbaz is an example of architectural excellence of Bijapur. The monument is so amazing that I had to write a separate blogpost just for that. Click HERE to read about my Gol Gumbaz experience. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).