Bidar

Bidar is a city and the headquarters of the Bidar district in Karnataka, India, set on the Deccan plateau. It is a prominent place on the archaeological map of India and is known for the Bidar fort, more than 500 years old, and for monuments including many tombs, which earned it the nickname City of Whispering Monuments. The mountaintop city served as the capital of medieval Deccan. Bidar is known for Bidri handicraft, hosts the second biggest Indian Air Force training centre in the country, where fighter pilots train on the BAe Hawk, and is also a Sikh pilgrimage place. It is the coldest and wettest place in north Karnataka. At the 2011 census Bidar had a population of 216,020.