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Recordist's notes
India, Karnataka, Bijapur, Gol Gumbaz, Platform, Muhammad Adil Shah, echoe, Largest Dome in India, The acoustics of the enclosed place make it a whispering gallery where even the smallest sound is heard across the other side of the Gumbaz. At the periphery of the dome is a circular balcony where visitors can witness the astounding whispering gallery. Any whisper, clap or sound gets echoed around 10 times. Anything whispered from one corner of the gallery can be heard clearly on the diagonally opposite side. It is also said that the Sultan, Ibrahim Adil Shah and his Queen used to converse in the same manner. During his time, the musicians used to sing, seated in the whispering gallery so that the sound produced could be reached to very corner of the hall. However, recently visitors to the gallery, in the name of testing the effect, have converted it into a madhouse.
About the place
Vijayapura is a city of about 327,427 people in Karnataka, India. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Bijapur, Gol Gumbaz, Platform” by François-Emmanuel Fodéré – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0