Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka.
It is headquarters of the eponymous Kalaburagi district and Kalaburagi division. Kalaburagi city is governed by a Municipal Corporation. It is home to multiple famous religious structures, like the Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, the Sharana Basaveshwara Temple and the Buddha Vihar. It also contains a fort built during the Bahmani rule. Other Bahmani monuments include the Haft Gumbaz and the Shor Gumbad. Kalaburagi has the world's largest cannon, Kalaburagi has a few architectural marvels built during the Bahamani Kingdom rule, including the Jama Masjid in the Kalaburagi Fort. Kalaburagi houses the circuit bench of the High Court of Karnataka. Under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate, several buildings in the city and with others in the region were put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" of World Heritage Site in 2014.
Getting to Kalaburagi
- 01Kalaburagi Airport
It has flights from Bengaluru and Tirupati.
- 02Kalaburagi Junction
- 03KSRTC Bus Stop
It has got very good bus service connection to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.
Things to do
Shetty Multiplex. Sangam Theaters Triveni Theaters
Where to eat
Tahari (Rice stuffed with meat and spices), Sorghum Bread, Various Lentiles, especially Toor Dall (piegeon pea) Wheat flour bread, Bajra Bread, Over all food in gulbarga is rich in spices.
Getting around Kalaburagi the local way
- Get aroundKalaburagi is a small town and the tourist spots can be covered by a combination of walking and auto rickshaw rides.
- Get aroundAuto rickshaws are freely available, but they don't run on a meter or have an official rate chart.
From Wikivoyage: Kalaburagi, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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