The glory of Bidar really waned with the decline of Bahmani and Baridi dynasty. The kings kept up its beauty during their chequered rule.
Deputy Commissioner, P.C. Jaffer said that the district administration was seeking the partnership of various agencies to protect monuments and promote tourism. Subir Hari Singh, chief advisor, Indian Heritage Cities Network, Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh, Zilla Panchayat chief executive officer, Sunil Panwar, deputy conservator of forests were present.
Mark Weber, field projects director, and Amita Baig, World Monuments Funds (WMF) representative in India visited the Karez system of underground water canals, the fort gates and the royal chamber in the fort on April 3.
Later, they held discussions with historians like Prof. B.R. Konda and other officials of the Bidar district administration.
Mr. Weber said that in Bikaner, Rajasthan, the city municipal council and several NGOs had organised a ‘Watch Day’ with the theme of ‘Keep Bikaner Clean’. He suggested celebrating Watch day in Bidar with a similar theme. This would contribute towards creating awareness about the heritage of the city and the need to conserve it, he said.
Ms. Baig appreciated the plans of the district administration to organise an international seminar on the Karez system in a few months. She assured of all technical support to the government in protection of the monuments.
In the twelfth and thirteenth century A.D., a magnificent style of architecture was in vogue (fashion) in the Deccan, some specimens of which in the form of religious shrines are still preserved. In the beginning of the fourteenth century A.D. Deccan was flooded by a number of eminent men from Delhi, apparently including architects, engineers, tiles manufacturers, painters and calligraphists.Courtesy:Karnataka Muslims
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