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 one is identified by the Darwaza! There are many Mahal and a worth mention is Rangeen Mahal. Post Covid it is not yet open to public.
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Bidar fort as seen from highway
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| Darwaza! |
The Gurudwara Nanak Jhira:
The Gurudwara Nanak Jhira is a beautiful building in white marble in Bidar and is located in a large well planned campus. There is also a huge 500 room pilgrim’s inn in the campus. The Amrit Kund having sweet refreshing water present infront of Gurudwara is said to be discovered by Baba Guru Nanak Dev himself more than 500 years ago. |
Jungle Resorts & Lodges :
For stay Blackbuck resort is one of the best places admist nature. This resort is located at about 15 kms away from the Bidar town and located in between Honekeri forest reserve and Vilaspur lake. This resort offers so many activities to keep one engaged for the entire day keeping away from electronic devices. About 2-3 kms to reach the resort the approach road is bad, but that's fine. Mobile Network also does not work. Based on the number of days of stay in the resort they plan the day. Though the name of the resort is Balckbuck resort we need to travel 20kms away from the resort to see the Blackbucks. They are preserved in a place near to airport of Bidar.
As we stayed for 2 Nights they planned it like this for us :
Day 1 :
- Boating
- Evening movie
- Camp fire
- Night star gazing
Day 2:
It is jam packed with activities
- 9.30 am - 2pm proceed for Bidar city tour along with sighting of blackbucks
- Evening - Trek and enjoy the birds in the vicinity along with sunset
Day 3:
- Enjoy the bird watching and a small walk
- Boating
- Checkout
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| Entrance of the resort |
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| Blackbucks |
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| Lake facing view from the cottage |
Through the trek we have observed the Gomukeshwar Lord Shiva temple which is having a free flowing water coming through the rocks.
For Boating there are different options like Coracle ride, Kayaking and Motor Boat.
For nature lovers this place has a lot to offer.
Different types of Birds :
We are lucky to spot so many unique birds in this visit. As a picture speaks thousand words, I am just putting images of the birds with caption as the name of the bird. I did a bit of reasearch to know each bird.
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| Asian Koel |
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| Coppersmith Barbett |
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| Red-Wattled Lapwing |
Madarasa:
An Ancient college one of the important landmarks located in Bidar and an architecture gem!
Apart from this there is also something worth mentioning about Bidar is Bidri Art which is a fine unique art done over metal with Silver. There are items ranging Nice pendants,earrings,bangles to wall hangings, Display articles.
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