| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
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The temple has strong Muslim influences.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
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Detail of a column.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
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The tower is Hindu in style.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
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Carved stone snake (Naga).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
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View from the interior.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
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Turbanned Hindu man.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Bijapur dates from the 11th century.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Bijapur was capital for the sultans of Delhi and the Bahmani kings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Bijapur is dotted with hundreds of Islamic buildings and shrines.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Tombs in waste ground.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Bijapur has so many Islamic tombs it is known as the Agra of the South.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Grave among the ruins.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Some of the buildings are homes for squatters.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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Gol Gumbaz is the tomb of Mohammad Adil Shah who died in 1656. It has the world's second largest dome.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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The tomb is 51m high and has an area of 1,400 sq m.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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Mohammad Adil Shah ruled for 30 years during which Bijapur was at its height.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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View from the upper level.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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The main gateway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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View over the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gol Gumbaz
|
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Part of the city walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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A Banjara woman wearing her traditional jewellry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Detail of the mirror covered and be-jewelled shawl worn by Banjara women.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The Tomb of Haji Hassan.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The Great Mosque is the largest in Bijapur.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The Great Mosque was built in 1557.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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Decorated stucco work.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
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The interior.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Bijapur has a small but busy market.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Mother and child at the market.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Hindu boy wearing traditional Bijapur clothes.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Market trader.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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A Hindu woman.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Man.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Woman.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Woman selling fruit.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Hindu woman.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Man with turban.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Female market porter.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Man with white turban.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
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Making a large metal vessel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The Islamic architecture of Bijapur is scattered around the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Street scene among the ruins.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Making cotton thread.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Bara Kaman
|
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The Bara Kaman is the unfinished tomb of Ali Adil Shah II who died in 1672.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Bara Kaman
|
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The interior.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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A group of Iranian nomads.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Chopping wood.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gagan Mahal
|
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The Gagan Mahal was built as a palace by Ali Adil Shah I in 1561.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gagan Mahal
|
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The central arch is 20m wide and 17m high.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gagan Mahal
|
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Only a fragment of the original building remains.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Gagan Mahal
|
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View over the city and the Sat Mahal.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The Jala Manzil is a domed water fountain.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Jod Gumbaz is a double tomb for a pair of traitors who helped the Moghuls take the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Mecca Mosque.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Mehtar Mahal
|
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The Mehtar Mahal is an Egyptian style gateway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Mehtar Mahal
|
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The decoration above the gateway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Part of the city walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Asar Mahal
|
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The Asar Mahal dates from 1646.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Asar Mahal
|
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It was once a Hall of Justice and is now believed to house a few hairs from the Prophet's head.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Asar Mahal
|
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Sign in English, Hindi and Telegu banning females from entry.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Asar Mahal
|
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The decorated interior.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Asar Mahal
|
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Windows.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Mowing the lawn.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The city walls.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Taj Bawdi
|
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The Taj Bawdi is a water tank built in honour of a sultan's wife.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Taj Bawdi
|
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The water tank.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Taj Bawdi
|
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Dhobis (clothes washers).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The Sat Mahal is a former palace now used for offices.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Rural scene between the ruins.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Building with serated dome.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Upli Buruj
|
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Upli Buruj is a 24m high watchtower with a 9m long cannon.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Upli Buruj
|
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View from the watchtower.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Upli Buruj
|
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View of the city.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Child looking out from a window.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Houses close to abandoned tombs and mosques.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Street scene.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Parts of the city are very rural.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Ibrahim Rauza
|
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The Ibrahim Rauza was built in 1627.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Ibrahim Rauza
|
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The tomb is the burial place of Adil Shah II and his queen Taj Sultana.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Ibrahim Rauza
|
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The courtyard.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Ibrahim Rauza
|
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The archways are very ornate.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Ibrahim Rauza
|
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The Sultan's tomb.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Group of women.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Street with a Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Woman carrying hay.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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Women stopping for a chat.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Malik-e-Maidan
|
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The Malik-e-Maidan is a huge ornate cannon, 1.5m in diameter and 4.45m long.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Malik-e-Maidan
|
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The cannon was cast in 1549 and brough to Bijapur on ten elephants and 100 oxen.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
|
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The city of Bijapur.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
|
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View of Badami, once a Chalukyan capital.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
|
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The temple-studded and mountainous region around Badami.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
|
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Spectacular landscape around Badami.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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The Malegitti Sivalaya temple is set on a hilltop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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The temple built was in 730 and dedicated to Surya, the Sun god.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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One of the temple carvings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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Large male figure with two smaller female figures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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Temple monkey.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Malegitti Sivalaya
|
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View of the temple on its hilltop.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Agastyatirtha Tank
|
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The Agastyatirtha Tank.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Badami
Site / Event : Agastyatirtha Tank
|
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The tank is a water resevoir for the village.
|
1989 |
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