About Bidar

Bidar is the northern most District of Karnataka State. It is 140 Kms from Hyderbad Airport and well connected by National Highway No. 9. The District Council of Culture, Bidar is organising a three days Bidar District festival called Bidar Utsav 2009 at historic Bidar Fort Premises from 27th January 2009 to 29th January 2009.

Bidar has glorious chapters of past as capital of Chalukyas and later as kingdom of Bhamani's. Its achievements in statecraft are immense but stand surpassed by those in socio cultural and religious fields Viz., revolution by Jagadguru Basavanna, One of the five holy places of Sikhs in the form of Gurudwara Nanak Jhira, 15th Century Persian University of Mohammed Gawan and so on. The list is endless.