Bijapur - Karnataka

Designer : - yaqut of kabul

Type :- mausoleum
Material :- dark grey basalt
Height:- 51 meter
Dedicated to :- mohammed
adil shah
Floor area :- 1700 sq m
➢ INSIDE THE MAUSOLEUM HALL IS
A SQUARE PODIUM WITH STEPS ON
EACH SIDES.
➢ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PODIUM
CENOTAPH SLAB ON THE GROUND
MARKS THE ACTUAL GRAVE BELOW.
➢ A VERY STRONG CIRCULAR
FOUNDATION WAS DISCOVERED IN
THE BASEMENT THET RESEMBLED
THE CIRCULAR OPENING OF THE
DOME ABOVE.
➢ THE REAL GRAVES ARE IN THE
BASEMENT WHICH CAN BE ACCESS
BY A STAIRCASE BELOW THE ENTRNCE
ON THE WEST.
➢ THE SOUTH DOOR IS THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO HE TOMB
 FEATURES

➢ OPENINGS
➢GARDENS
➢THICK PLINTH
➢BIGER COMPLEX
➢ BIGGEST SINGLE CHAMBER STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD
➢ THIRD LARGEST CENTRAL DOME IN THE WORLD
➢ SMALL ANNEX TO THE NORTH
➢ 8 INTERSECTING ARCHES THAT CREATE INTERLOCKING
PENDETIVES
INTRICATE PROTRUSION CENOTAPHS OF ADIL SHAH

MINARET
BASE OF THE DOME PLAN SECTION

THE WHISPERING GALLERY PENDENTIVES

Sectional
Elevation