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Serena Bowles | profile | all galleries >> Travel >> South East Asia and India 2005-06 >> India >> Karnataka >> Bidar >> Bidar Fort tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Bidar Fort

The place I enjoyed the most in Bidar was the sizeable fort. I lingered a while around the three entrances, watching herds of cows being drvien in to graze. The ruins were almost deserted (just how I like them), and I spent severl hours wandering around the ramparts, clambering up rocks, and picking huge thorns out of the soul of my shoe.

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All This is Mine
All This is Mine		 Carrying Sticks
Carrying Sticks		 Cool Ruins
Cool Ruins
Brilliant Cow
Brilliant Cow		 Across Water
Across Water		 Chicken or Beef
Chicken or Beef
Collecting Sticks
Collecting Sticks		 Shadows
Shadows		 Dancing Cow
Dancing Cow
Built on Rock
Built on Rock		 Enter the Fort
Enter the Fort		 Cow at Work
Cow at Work
Village Kids
Village Kids		 Duh - Moo
Duh - Moo		 Labourers
Labourers
Bits and Pieces
Bits and Pieces		 In the Village
In the Village		 Cows in the Fort
Cows in the Fort
19 Going to Graze.jpg
19 Going to Graze.jpg		 20 Enter.jpg
20 Enter.jpg		 21 From the Gate.jpg
21 From the Gate.jpg
22 Fields Down Below.jpg
22 Fields Down Below.jpg		 23 Graffitti.jpg
23 Graffitti.jpg		 24 Thistle Flower.jpg
24 Thistle Flower.jpg
25 Great Horns.jpg
25 Great Horns.jpg		 26 Water Flower.jpg
26 Water Flower.jpg		 27 Lake.jpg
27 Lake.jpg
28 Through the Gate.jpg
28 Through the Gate.jpg		 29 Inside the Fort.jpg
29 Inside the Fort.jpg		 30 Sitting Monkeys.jpg
30 Sitting Monkeys.jpg
31 Pensive.jpg
31 Pensive.jpg		 32 Sturdy Door.jpg
32 Sturdy Door.jpg		 33 Substantial Wall.jpg
33 Substantial Wall.jpg
34 Through the Window.jpg
34 Through the Window.jpg		 35 Tinkerbell.jpg
35 Tinkerbell.jpg		 36 Outside the Fort.jpg
36 Outside the Fort.jpg
37 Use Your Horn.jpg
37 Use Your Horn.jpg		 38 Not so Nice Boys.jpg
38 Not so Nice Boys.jpg		 39 Well Built.jpg
39 Well Built.jpg
40 Wave Everybody.jpg
40 Wave Everybody.jpg		 41 Very Effective Moat.jpg
41 Very Effective Moat.jpg		 42 Ruins.jpg
42 Ruins.jpg

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Bhanu Prakash 09-May-2013 18:18
Just I love my Bidar.... In bidar lives only Humans..
Serena Bowles27-Jan-2012 17:02
Thanks for your comments Kirty. It is not advisable to take photographs of military bases or aircraft, particularly in country other than your own - best not to get arrested for security reasons!

I loved Bidar, and returned there on my last trip to India - you can see the pictures herehttp://www.pbase.com/serenab/bidar_2011
kirty sumeet kumar 24-Jan-2012 05:57
thanks for showing our small city much beautiful than it is,it woud have been much better by showing pics of grunanak temple,air aiforce training center ,pics of air crafts
Mallikarjun 04-Nov-2011 13:57
nice photos
Guest 04-Nov-2011 13:56
nice photos
Serena Bowles02-Apr-2010 12:20
Thank you Irfan. I hope to get back to Bidar at the end of the year, and if so will try and see all the places people have recommended and get more pictures on. Glad it brought back fond memories.
IRFAN 30-Mar-2010 07:57
Really a nice collction of photos......but still there are lot of things in bidar needed to be explore like gawan madarsa,bidri craft,astur and gurudwara etc. Hope u will add some more....but this no. of photos really remember me of my hometown..! thanks
Loveday 10-Aug-2008 15:30
Bidri khabi nahi sudhri. Sudhri to voh bhi udri.
Bidar ki laal matti, acchi acchon ki chhadi phati
Love day 10-Aug-2008 15:20
Bidri khabi nahi sudhri. Sudhri toh vo bhi Udri
Vishal.D 10-Aug-2008 15:17
I am proud to iew some of the pics of my home town. though i am residing in a different state i feel closer to my home town by viewing these pics.
kenneth ashish 08-Aug-2008 05:15
Hi... actually i was just going thur this website but to my suprise i found my home town's most ancient fort on it. there is much more pics that you have to put on this website. (Choubaara, gurunanak bhavan and many more) but the ones you have put are really great
kenneth ashish 08-Aug-2008 05:13
Hi... actually i was just going thur this website but to my suprise i found my home town's most ancient fort on it. there is much more pics that you have to put on this website. (Choubaara, gurunanak bhavan and many more) but the ones you have put are really great
Serena Bowles24-Apr-2008 14:25
I'm afraid I'm back home in England now, so am unable to update my photos. Hopefully I shall visit India again one day, and maybe return to Bidar, god willing.
asad 23-Apr-2008 13:04
nice one but try to update your photos and put the pics of Astur and near by places thank u
Guest 22-Apr-2008 18:58
o hi
u r taking very nice images thanx.... Naveed ali khan Bidri
Raghav 16-Sep-2007 07:25
you have picked up great and beautifull pics of my home town bidar.
anantha 10-Aug-2007 08:05
kithax........
anand 24-Jun-2007 15:30
Hi,

U have taken great photos. Really fantastic, I go to Bidar often for my reserach work enroute to Basvakalyan and Humanabad taluks.

wish to see more of ur photos!!

anand

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