Gol Gumbad is the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah (1627–55) of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Indian sultans, who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 to 1686.
The tomb, located in the city of Bijapur, or Vijapur in Karnataka, southern India, was built in 1659 by the famous architect, Yaqut of Dabul. The structure consists of a massive square chamber measuring nearly 50 m (160 ft) on each side and covered by a huge dome 44 meters/137.5 feet in diameter making it among one of the largest dome structures in world. The dome is supported on giant squinches supported by groined pendentives while outside of the building is supported by domed octagonal corner towers. The Dome is the third largest surviving from the pre-modern world after the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople and the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome.
The cancellation depicts Gol Gumbuz of Bijapur. Cancellation was introduced on 11th Feb 1988.
Bijapur Head Post Office.
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Bijapur HPO
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