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A Fresh start to a new year - Short Getaway to Bidar - My First Digital Travelogue!!!

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After an year of Hibernation at home we have decided for a quick get away over the first long week end of January which apparently coincides with the pongal festival !  Bidar is located at a distance of 150kms from Hyderabad and  it takes around 3 hours to reach this place.     If one is looking for a site seeing and a day tour then also Bidar has a rich historical places like Bidar fort, Nanak Jhira & few temples like Narasimha Jharna,Papanash Mahadev. Route from Hyderabad to Bidar is really nice and its a pleasent drive through NH 65 & Zaheerabad !   The Bidar Fort: As we entered Bidar We could see the walls of the Bidar fort boundaries . It is such a magnanimous fort giving the impression of glorified past of Indian history  of Bahamanis. There is an archeological museum inside the fort which displays the items collected and there is a history of Bidar on how the capital and fort has been changed from Gulbarga(Kalaburigi) to Bidar.  There are different entry points and each