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Gagan Mahal, located in
Bidar is an earlier palace of Dakamanis
and is reached from behind the Masjid.
Constructed by Ali Shah I in 1561 AD, it served as the Royal Palace ad
the Durbar Hall The entrance to the outer court has a four-centred arch
reminding one of Tudor architecture.
The well proportioned halls and courts and the richly decorated niches
with carvings etc., show but little of their past glory when the king
himself was a visitor here.
From the rear of the double hall, the ladies of the harem could watch the
animal fights held in the moat below. Not infrequently, the animals
feasted on persons who were thrown to them by the king's orders.