A
Hindu city before the Muhammadan conquest, Gulbarga is unique synthesis
of two cultures. When Bhaman Shah ascended the throne of Daulatabad, it
was this City that he chose as his capital. He filled it with beautiful
palaces, mosques, stately buildings and bazaars. The later rulers added
to Bahman Shas's vision and Gulgarga blossomed.Start your tour in Gulgarga with the Fort. Built by Raja Gulchand and later strengthened by Al-ud-din Bahmani, the fort has 15 towers and 26 guns-one of them measuring 25 feet in length! Inside the fort is the Jumma Masjid fashioned on the lines of the great mosque of Cardova in Spain. To the southern entrance of the fort is a group of royal tombs.
The
most important monument in Gulgbarga is the Khwaja Bande Nawaz Durgah.
The tomb of the great Sufi saint, Khawaja Syed Mohammad Gesu Daraz. This
magnificent building in the Indo-Saracenic style, is the venue of an annual
urus, attended by nearly one hundered thousand people, both Muslims and
Hindus.
