Gol Gumbaz – Bijapur
By: Pranav Shah
Category: Daily Photo, Pranav
tags: adilshah, bijapur, blue skies, gol gumbaz, green lawns, islamic architecture
Gol Gumbaz is one of the most popular tombs in the Deccan plateau famous for its Whispering Gallery. Standing close to the circumference of the big dome from the inside, I clapped once and I could hear over 10 echoes of the clap. Also, this photo is one of those pranks where I didn’t purchase a ticket to use my camera and then I sneaked onto the restricted lush green lawns to get a good angle only to be chased by the security guard.
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it was definitely worth the trouble
Hahaha, love your stories.
Excellent picture. The angle’s perfect and that dinky tree adds a little something to the frame.
[...] tomb on the left has the graves of Adilshah II and his family. After the Gol Gumbaz, this is the most important monument in Bijapur (which is filled with Islamic heritage structures). [...]