Heritage Karnataka

Bidar Tourism


Bidar is the northern most district of Karnataka. Medieval Bidar was widely renowned for its splendour, as a seat of learning, cultural marvels and as a capital city. Bidar is situated almost in the centre of geographical ‘Deccan’ and on the eastern border of the historical ‘Deccan’. It was a meeting place of several shades of culture from the very beginning.
The history of Bidar had a lot of ups and downs and stories of treachery and bloodbath, but was also marked by good administration and development of art, architecture and literature. The historical monuments and sites, in and around Bidar city, belong to different periods of history- pre-Kakatiya, Tughluq, Bahamani, Barid Shahi, Adil Shahi, Mughal and Nizami. As far the architecture is concerned, there is an intermixture of Hindu, Turkish and Persian artisanship. Some of the designs and decorative patterns seen in the monuments of Bidar are unique in India.