Attractions

Attractions

Khwaja Bande Nawaz Dargah entrance

• Sharan basaveshwara temple is a famous Hindu temple which is located at the heart of the Gulbarga city. Sharan was the guru and Basav the shishya, who upheld the relation of guru shishyas. Lakhs of pilgrims visit this temple and a car festival is celebrated around the month of March - April. Every day dasoha (Anna dana) is conducting in this Temple.
• Hazrat Khwaja Bande Nawaz (R.A) mausoleum built by the then Bahamani King Ahmed Shah Wali. The 14th century Sufi saint Khwaja Bande Nawaz was a disciple of Hazarath Khwaja Pir Naseeruddin Mahmood, who is also popularly known as Chirag of Delhi. Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gesudiraz played an important role in preaching Islam in the Indian context during the 14th century,^[3][4]

• Gulbarga's old moated fort is in a deteriorated state, but it has a number of interesting buildings inside including the Jama Masjid Gulbarga, reputed to have been built by a Moorish architect during the late 14th or early 15th century who imitated the great mosque in Cordoba, Spain. The mosque is unique in India, with a huge dome covering the whole area, four smaller ones at the corners, and 63 smaller still all the way around. The fort itself has 15 towers.

• Sri Kshetra Ghangapur is a famous pilgrimage center of God Sri Sadguru Dattatreya, situated very close to Gulbarga. Thousands of pilgrims visit Gulbarga during the annual festival held at the holy shrine of Khwaja Bande Nawaz Darga to commemorate his birth anniversary.

• Buddha Vihar of Siddarth trust, inaugrated by president of India, Pratibha Patil and Dalai lama on January 7,is another place of attractions in Gulbarga, attracting all ages of community.It is located about 2 KM from Gulbarga university, It has a big meditation hall

• Recently the garden on the tank bund road is becoming more crowded,located opposite to sharanabasweshwara temple. There are privileges of boating, well manitained garden and eatables on pay.

The Uttaradi Matha of the Dwaita School of philosophy of Madhvacharya. The remains of one of its most prominent saints, Sri Jayatirtha, are buried in a Brindavana here. He was a commentator of the celebrated Anuvyakhyana of Madhvacharya, which itself is a commentary upon the Brahma Sutras. For this commentary, called Nyaya Sudha, he is popularly known as Teekacharya.

ASIAN MALL

Gulbarga is going to become first city in the North Karnataka to have a Mall with the launching of “ASIAN MALL” on 19th February 2012 by Sri Mallikarjun Kharge ji, Minister for Labour & Employment, Govt. of India. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri Dharam Singh ji will preside over the function. Dr. Syed Khusro Hussaini, Sajjada Nasheen, Dargah Hazrath Khaja Banda Nawaz and Dr.Sharanbaswappa Appa, Mahadasoha Peethadhipati, Sharanbaswappa Samsthan will be present to bless the occasion. Large number of dignitaries from various walks of life will grace the occasion.

Located in the heart of city, the Asian Mall has state of art facilities such as Escalators, Capsule Lift, Central Air Conditioning System, CC TV Cameras & a Mall Radio along with wide corridors, lobbies & a huge atrium in the centre of Mall. It has ample parking space at basement. It is developed by Asian Builders who are credited with development of many landmark residential and commercial projects in the city.

ASIAN MALL is a shopping destination for almost everything. Reliance Trendz and Footprints have setup stores on about 20,000 Sq.ft. area which is again the largest single store in North Karnataka. Other esteemed brands which are coming with their exclusive stores for the first time in Gulbarga are Levis, Woodland, Basics Life, Vision Express, Pepe Jeans, Provogue & Thomas Cook, etc. to name a few. The local big wigs such as Sri Venkateshwara Supermarket and Asian Bakery are also coming up with their large stores along with other brands. The Mall also hosts a modern fitness centre with spa.

The main attractions of the Mall are FUNZONE and FOODCOURT.

The Fun Zone is a place to delight entire family. It introduces BOWLING ALLEY in Gulbarga. There are also games such as Dashing Cars, Snooker, Mechanical Bull, Air Hockey, & a host of other Arcade Games.

The Food Court will serve Indian, Chinese & Continental Food along with Chats to cater all taste buds.