What to expect
Highlights
- Bahmani Tombs, Ashtur — The royal necropolis of the Bahmani sultans at Ashtur, about 4 km east of Bidar — a line of great domed mausolea, the finest that of Ahmad Shah I with painted and gilded Persian interiors.
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The royal necropolis about 4 km east of Bidar — the great domed mausolea of the Bahmani sultans, the finest with painted Persian interiors.
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Getting there
How to visit
- Nearest airport: Bidar (IXX, limited flights); Hyderabad (HYD) ~130 km and Kalaburagi (GBI) ~110 km for wider connections
- Rail gateway: Bidar (BIDR), with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Bidar–Kalaburagi
- NH-50 and NH-161; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~130 km), Kalaburagi and Bengaluru (~700 km), with autos and taxis in the town.
Distance by road
- Kalaburagi119 km
- Hyderabad146 km
- Vijayapura270 km
- Ballari425 km
- Pune448 km
- Hubballi463 km
- Bengaluru654 km
Road distances measured on real routed roads to Ashtur itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.
Timing
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Weather in AshturSeasonal guide
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Today at Ashtur
Sunrise6:06 am
Sunset6:32 pm
Golden hour best light5:32 pm–6:32 pm
Blue hour after sunset6:32 pm–6:57 pm
Sun sets toward compass bearingW · 278°
Moon tonight🌗 Last quarter · 55%
South-west monsoon. June to September is the south-west monsoon in Karnataka. Expect heavy showers, mostly in bursts rather than all day — carry rain cover, allow extra time for getting around, and note that ferries and open-air sites are the first things affected.
Sun and moon are calculated for this location and shown in IST. Photography windows are the hour around sunrise and sunset; the sunset bearing is degrees clockwise from true north. Moon phase is accurate to about half a day.
Nearby bases
Where to go from Ashtur
Featured: Bidar FortTown / base
Bidar
The walled sultanate town — the hilltop Bidar Fort with the Solah Khamba mosque, the tiled Mahmud Gawan madrasa, the Chaubara watchtower, the Barid Shahi tombs, the Guru Nanak Jhira gurudwara, the Papnash Shiva temple and the Narasimha Jharni water-cave shrine.
Bidar FortMahmud Gawan MadrasaSolah Khamba MosqueChaubara
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Basavanna heritage base
Town / base
Basavakalyan
The town about 80 km south-west revered as the karma-bhoomi of Basavanna — the Anubhava Mantapa monument marking the site of the 12th-century Sharana debates.
Anubhava Mantapa, Basavakalyan
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In the district
Where Ashtur sits in Bidar district
Nearest airportBidar (IXX, limited flights); Hyderabad (HYD) ~130 km and Kalaburagi (GBI) ~110 km for wider connections
Rail gatewayBidar (BIDR), with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Bidar–Kalaburagi
Bus / road accessNH-50 and NH-161; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~130 km), Kalaburagi and Bengaluru (~700 km), with autos and taxis in the town.
District HQBidar
LandscapeFar-northeastern Karnataka Deccan plateau at ~660 m, bordering Telangana and Maharashtra
Bidar district is known for: The Bahmani and Barid Shahi capital — Bidar Fort, the Mahmud Gawan madrasa, the Ashtur Bahmani tombs and Barid Shahi tombs, the Guru Nanak Jhira gurudwara, and the famed Bidri metal-inlay craft.
Bidar FortMahmud Gawan MadrasaBahmani Tombs, Ashtur
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What are the best places to visit in Ashtur?
Top places to visit in Ashtur include Bahmani Tombs, Ashtur — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
How do I reach Ashtur?
The nearest airport to Ashtur is Bidar (IXX, limited flights); Hyderabad (HYD) ~130 km and Kalaburagi (GBI) ~110 km for wider connections. The rail gateway is Bidar (BIDR), with trains from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Bidar–Kalaburagi. NH-50 and NH-161; KSRTC and private buses from Hyderabad (~130 km), Kalaburagi and Bengaluru (~700 km), with autos and taxis in the town.
What is the best time to visit Ashtur?
October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Ashtur and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.
Image credits
- Bahmani Tombs, Ashtur:Praveenakumara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0