bidar

got a day off for everyone at home, n lukin at places v cud go to n cum back in a day, v settled on bidar, karnataka. small town n dirty but with sites from the 14th century, v loved d trip. first v went to madrasa, which was a college in d olden days n taught persian n such stuff to students which includes those from abroad too... n we went there yesday (14th sep) n the start of d ramzan month n v wer surrounded by kids whose skool left them off early.. n they wanted a few pics ;)

then v wwent to d bidar fort which was surpisingly empty(the guards attribute it to the vinayak chaturthi the next day), with a fort wall covering 5.5km, it was a huge place, but very little of d inside was left over... this is d 14th century bahmanis kingdom v r talkin abt. thers a museum with hindu sculptures from the 12th century, succeded by the 14th century bahmani rulers muslim scipts. after a comfortable lunch in d fort area, man it was huge!( n v tuk lunch with us which was a gud thing cos d restaurants r nt very neat n all).

ya n in d fort in d pic im uploadin, ther r stones bigger than a football... n they weigh like 100kilos or so. the suitors for the royal bride were to carry them on their shoulders n the guy who suceeded in doing so for the maximum time wud win d bride..cool, na?

n the guide there was accompanying us as v went to the tomb of the greatest of those bahamani kings, n dat was huge too.. beside it wer other tombs too. n then a sikh guru
dwara-Guru Nanak Jhira Gurudwara. n then to a siva temple-papa nashini.

n then to a narasimha swami temple, which ended up my favouritest after the trip. here, u need to walk for like 10mins in chest deep water thru a narrow tunnel to were the lord is sculptured in rock n ges whose accompanying u? hundreds of bats overhead... gives u d creeps? it was pretty fun.