Andu Masjid

The Andu Masjid, or Anda Masjid, in Bijapur was commissioned in 1608–09 by I'tibar Khan, a noble of Ibrahim Adil Shah II's court, as an inscription at its entrance records. It is a Monument of National Importance cared for by the ASI.

Built of dressed stone, it has two storeys: a plain lower hall, perhaps once a caravanserai and now a madrasa, and an ornate prayer hall above, about 6 m square, opening through three equal arches onto a terrace. Henry Cousens argued that it was a mosque for women, since it has no pulpit and the terrace parapet lets those inside look out over the city unseen; today the upper floor is used by men. A ribbed, melon-shaped dome on a sixteen-sided drum crowns the roof, with small domed minarets at each corner and four more behind the dome.