Shorapur
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Shorapur (शोरापुर) is a historical City and Taluka in Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Town has been vividly described in the autobiography of Philip Meadows Taylor - The story of my life. and also Jamiya Masjid of Timmapur.
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History
The Shorapur fort is said to have been originally built by the Bender Rajas-Naikas but there is nothing left of the original fort. On a gateway of the present fortifications of the town is a Persian inscription giving the name of Aurangzeb and the date 1117 A.H. In the town are the palaces of the present Raja of Shorapur, which have excellent collections of old historic documents, paintings and other valuables. On an eminence to the north of the town is the Taylor Manzil and a Mahal attached to it left by Col. Meadows Taylor, who has bequeathed momentoes of his life in the Deccan together with his biography My Life and several other novels in which events of his own life and contemporary incidents have been collected that give a good picture of 19th century Deccan. He has also a good collection of historical novels to his credit, which commemorate events of the reigns of Bijapur kings. Taylor Manzil has been maintained as a local museum and guest house by the Archaeological Department.
Shorapur taluq has some beautiful rapids which are close to the temple of Chaya Bhagwati on the banks of the Krishna. Hundreds of tourists visit these waterfalls every year.
Reference - History And Legend In Hyderabad, Department of Information and Public Relations, 1953,p.47
शोरापुर
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर [1] ने लेख किया है ...शोरापुर (AS, p.913) , जिला गुलबर्गा, कर्नाटक में स्थित है। प्राचीन समय में शोरापुर में स्थित दुर्ग बंदेर नरेश सनैकस ने बनवाया था किंतु अब उसका कोई चिन्ह नहीं है। वर्तमान क़िले के एक प्रवेश द्वार पर औरंगजेब का 1116 हिजरी का एक अभिलेख है। नगर में शोरापुर के राजा के महल हैं। उत्तर की ओर एक टीले पर टेलर मंज़िल नामक कर्नल मीडोज टेलर का निवास स्थान है। टेलर ने अपनी प्रख्यात पुस्तक ‘कन्फ्रेंशेंस ऑफ़ ए ठग’ और ‘माई लाइफ’ में 19वीं शती के पूर्वाध के भारत की अव्यवस्थापूर्ण दशा का सुंदर चित्रण किया है। कृष्णा नदी के तट पर मनोरम झरनों के निकट छाया भगवती का मंदिर है। यहाँ दूर दूर से प्राकृतिक सौंदर्य के पुजारी आते हैं।