The city of Bidar is well connected  by both railways and bus services . The popular pilgrimage place of the Sikhs , Shri nanak jhira sahib , is situated very near to the Bidar bus stand and the guru ka dwar is open for people of all religion. Accomodation with car parking facility is available inside the gurudwara.   From there we went to a unique religious site , the Narsimha Jhira cave temple .    It is believed lord narsimha killed the demon Jharasur , and to honour his last wish , lord Narsimha himself resides in the cave , where Jharasur took the form of a perennial water channel to wash the feet of the lord .     Our gratitude goes to the temple priest for his zeal and patience to narrate the traditional and cultural significance of the temple to us .   From there we went to see the Chaukhandi followed by the necropolis of the Bahamani royal family members.  The Sufi saint Khalil ullal Kirmani was invited by Sultan Ahmed Shah Wali from Persia , and his teachings and influences of the sufi sect was incorporated during his reign in Bidar .   Much later the crown shaped unique architecture was built by Ahmed Shah the second at the burial spot of the sufi saint in the Asthur village .   The border city of Deccan has modern day influences from Maratha andhra kannnad and incorporates traditional and cultural connection from ancient Persia.  Bidar is one of the numerous examples of the unsung social harmony in India . Be it the Narshimha Jharni or the Nanak jhira sahib,  the sufi chaukhandi or the Bara Khamba masjid ,it is where we saw the doors of the religious sites are open for one and all , where respect and reverence is poured equally by one and all..

Bidar Fort :

Bidar may not come in the list of a cosmopolitan city , but it is where the knowledge of ancient Persia meets the local characters to house the age old water harvesting system of karez or qanat .  The Bahamani kings had their origin in Iran and they employed Persian engineers to dig underground tunnel in the laterite rocks of Bidar with vertical shafts at intervals to let the rainwater enter the tunnel and transport the entire water to the main pond dug out to accumulate the rainwater . The famous archaeologist Dr. Ghulam yazdani had recorded about the heritage qanats of Bidar , but years of neglect, and lack of public awareness led to its degradation . In 2016 when Bidar faced the worst of droughts the ancient karez system was brought back to life by active government and public participation .  The Bidar fort houses the ancient mosque where Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had offered prayers after gaining the Deccan in his empire. Most of the monuments were closed when we visited there and the security guards cited the reason of COVID for the closure.      The gurudwara of Bidar : When Guru Nanak came to Bidar for his spiritual teachings the residents over here described their plight of having to deal with salty water  . It is said guru nanak removed a stone with his feet and from there emerged a spring of sweet water. The water is still there and Is called the Amrit kund.  The popular pilgrimage place of the Sikhs , Shri Nanak Jhira Sahib , is situated very near to the Bidar bus stand and the guru ka dwar is open for people of all religion. Accomodation with car parking facility is available inside the gurudwara.