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BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA
(15th C. 17th C. AD)
BIJAPUR
PRESENTED BY
SUDHA SUKANYA DAS
SANAM RANI MOHANTY
APARNA MANASWINI
VARTIKA A. SINGH
NEHA JAISH
SHALINI SWARNAKAR
SAKSHI HOTWANI
INTRODUCTION
The
The
BIJAPUR CITY
Indo-
The
Bijapur
It
Adil
ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTERISTICS
They built more than 20 tombs & nearly the same number
of palaces.
They
They
The
Other
EXAMPLES
The
GOL GUMBAZ
GOL GUMBAZ
(1656-1660)
The wall surface of the cube has three arches sunken into
them, the central one panelled out to bring it to the size of
a normal doorway.
The
INTERSECTING ARCHES OF
GOL GUMBAZ
This
Eight
Structurally,
Above
THE DOME
It is the second largest dome in the world with a diameter
of 44m outside & 38m inside.
The dome is not supported by a single pillar & is a highly
sensitive echo chamber.
The hemispherical dome is 3m thick at its springing point.
Some of its weight is transferred onto the 4 walls while the
rest is projected onto the intersecting arches which also
receive & counteract any outward thrust.
It was constructed out of brick masonry cast in concrete
formed out of a mix of ballast & rich lime mortar.
The dome is a plain plastered vault with six small openings
through the drum and a flat section at its crown but no
central pendant.
SECTION OF
GOL GUMBAZ
JAMI MASJID
INTRODUCTION
ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTER
It is a large structure, as its plan forms a rectangle 150
x 80 m, and has an entrance gate to the eastern side
of the mosque.
It also has two more gates in the south and north
direction.
A passage from the eastern gate leads into the
courtyard, which has fountains and a large reservoir in
the center.
The central courtyard of the mosque is a square 50 m
side whose three sides contain superb range of arches,
7 on each side and on the western end forms the
facade of sanctuary called Liwan.
Above the middle of the sanctuary, there is a square
arcaded clearstorey, supporting the great dome.
PLAN
IBRAHIM RAUZA
(1570AD)
PLAN
From the upper side of the eaves of the deep chajja at the
parapet level right up to the crescent apex, of the bulbous
dome, the faade is a crescendo of tier upon tier of richly
embellished surfaces tautly strung together between the
corner minarets.
The spherical cupola resting with the petal leaf calyx at the
apex.
The deep chajja with its multiple brackets and the
battlemented parapet stretching from one minaret to the other
is punctuated by short turrets that repeat the pulsating
rhythm of the arch below.
From behind and over this richly sculptured base and within
the spatial frame of the minaret rising over the square
stylobate of the inner chamber, also richly embellished and
crowned by the familiar lotus dome set within a ring of large
petal chapel merlons.
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