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Mehtar Mahal
 Location
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Bijapur, Karnataka
Meaning
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Sweeper's Palace
Built By
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A Sweeper
Situated in Bijapur, Mehtar Mahal is the ornamental gateway leading to a mosque and a garden. Meaning a 'Sweeper's Palace', this gateway has a flat stone roof supported by stone brackets of delicately carved birds and rows of swans.
An ornamental gateway, leading to a mosque and garden. It is a small, beautiful monument built by Ibrahim Adil Shah.
 This highly decorative gateway is supposed to have been built by a sweeper to whom Ibrahim Adil Shah gifted a huge sum of money on the advice of a soothsayer, so that he could recover from leprosy.
How to Get There
Air : The nearest airport is Belgaum, 205 kms away.
Rail & Road : Bijapur is well connected by road and rail to Bangalore, Belgaum and Goa.
Tours : Conducted tours as also local transport available for sightseeing in the city.
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