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This is a new structure. At 80 ft tall, it is the largest statue of Lord Shiva in the world.
Shivagiri is a temple that houses an 85-foot-tall (26 m) statue of Shiva that has been built by the T.K. Patil Banakatti Charitable Trust in the city of Bijapur, Karnataka, India, on the Sindagi Road. It is slowly becoming a pilgrimage location and one of the highest visited tourist locations in Bijapur. On Maha Shivaratri, every year, it is estimated that the temple is visited by over 150,000 devotees. The temple was built by Mr Basantkumar Patil, in memory of his father, in his hometown of Bijapur.
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Mongoli Base
Southern gateway. Complete with bastions and guardhouses. Today traffic passes through this gateway.
Anda Masjid
The mosque was built in 1608/09 CE by I'tibar Khan, a noble in the court of Ibrahim Adil Shah II. It is a two-story building following the Indo-Islamic style of architecture. The mosque occupies the first floor and part of the ground floor. The remaining part of the first floor probably served as a sarai. The first floor contains an open terrace surrounded by low parapet. The structure is topped with a central ribbed dome and is flanked by four minarates.
Jamiya Masjid
A Mosque built by Ali Adil Shah I over 300 years ago for the entire city (jumma = public gathering). The Kuran inscriptions in gold is the main attraction. It can contain 2250 devotees. The intricately carved mihrab (the niche that points the direction to Mecca) is absolutely brilliant and is in stark contrast to the generally simple and bare architecture of the mosque itself (which is quite typical for the Deccan monuments)
Sat Manjil
A seven-storeyed palace. It is built by Ibrahim Adil Shah II around 1583 as a corner structure within the citadel, which also served as a watchtower. It is in ruins and only 5 of the seven stories survive.
Water Palace
The slender domed structure stands in the middle of a small water tank, which has dried up
This building was constructed in 1646 by Sultan Mohammed. It served as a justice hall. On the eastern side lies a large water body. There are several ruined structures in the complex. The Asar Mahal functions as a mosque.