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HYDERABAD TOURS GUIDE
Once upon a time pearl traders used to spread out their
beads by the side of the road and hawk them the way
you'd find green vegetables peddled today. The city has
gotten a lot more tech-savvy since then, but it still
retains quite a bit of the charm of the Shahi and the
Nawabi days. While you find a younger crowd that is at
once cosmo and geeky, you also find a lot of the old
world aura about it.
HYDERABAD TOURIST INFORMATION :-
The capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is
the fifth largest city in India with an ancient
civilisation and culture. Attached to the city is its
twin, Secunderbad, which is part of Hyderabad. The twin
cities of Hyderabad and Secunderbad are separated by the
Husain Sagar, an artificial lake constructed during the
time of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali in 1562 A.D. The
city is nearly 400 years old and is noted for its
natural beauty, mosques and minarets, bazaars and
bridges, hills and lakes. It is perched on the top of
the Deccan Plateau, 1776ft, above sea level, and sprawls
over an area of 100 Sq. miles. A multitude of influences
have shaped the character of the city. Its palaces and
buildings, houses and tenements, gardens and streets
have a history and an architectural individuality of
their own, which makes Hyderabad a city of enchantment.
HYDERABAD HISTORY :-
Hyderabad was founded in 1586 by Mohammed Quli, fifth
Sultan of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golconda. Today, it
is the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The city
has had its ups and downs. After the fall of the Qutb
Shahis to the Mughal power, it was ruined and neglected.
Between 1687 and 1724, it remained under Mughal control.
In 1724 the Mughal Governor, Nizam-ul-Mulk started
building the city wall. In the same year, as the mighty
Mughal empire began to disintegrate, he assumed autonomy
in the Deccan and founded the Asaf Jahi dynasty that was
to rule for two hundred years. But Nizam-ul-Mulk's
capital was Aurangabad. Hyderabad's revival began after
1763 when Nizam Ali Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk's son and
successor, shifted the capital back to where it had been
in Qutb Shahi times. Hyderabad has grown enormously over
four hundred years. Originally sited on the south side
of the Musi river and built to reflect Sultan Mohammed
Quli Qutb Shah's splendor and style of governance, the
city has spread widely in all directions - north across
the river, eastwards and westwards. Today it has a
population of over four million.
HYDERABAD AT A GLANCE :-
Hyderabad Facts & Figures
State Andhra Pradesh
Area 260 kmē
Population 7 million
Altitude 536 metres above sea level
Languages Urdu, Telgu, Hindi, English
District 23
Climate Hot and humid
Rivers Krishna and Godavari
Best Time to visit Mid-October to mid-March
Growth Rate 9.5%
HOTELS IN HYDERABAD :-
Hotel ITC Sheraton Hotel Taj Krishna Hotel Aditya Park
Inn Hotel Best Western Amurtha
Hotel Fortune Katriya Hotel Quality Inn Residency Hotel
Taj Banjara Hotel Taj Residency
HYDERABAD TOURIST ATTRACTIONS :-
Birla Temple
Charminar Golconda Fort Hussain Sagar
Mecca Misjid Nehru Zoological Park Salar Jung Museum
Nagarjunakonda
Warangal
HYDERABAD TRAVEL INFO :-
By Air - Indian airlines, East West airlines, Jet
airways, Modality, Sahara Air, Vayudoot etc are
operating flights in and out of Hyderabad.
By Rail - The Indian railway, the world's largest
railway under a single management, today is divided into
nine zones. Secunderabad, the twin-city of Hyderabad, is
the headquarters of the South Central Zone. All major
trains stops or departs from here. Hyderabad is the
major point of arrival or departure.
By Road - The Andra Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation (APSRTC) connects hyderabad to every city,
town and all except very small villages in the state.
Express and luxury coaches are available for inter-city
and interstate services. The APSRTC city control is at
Ranigunj Depot at Secunderabad. Several private travel
services those run by tour operators/travel agents are
also available. Chauffeur driven private cars and taxis
for long distance travel are available in Hyderabad,
operated by Andra Pradesh Travel and Tourism Development
Corporation (APTTDC) and private operators.
HYDERABAD FAIRS AND FESTIVALS :-
Fairs and festivals are celebrated with traditional
gaiety and fervor to invoke divine blessings as well as
for the sheer joy of living. A celebration of life at
its best.
Deccan Festival : he deccan festival highlights
Hyderabad's arts, crafts, culture and cusine. This
festival also includes a Pearls and Bangles fair and a
food fair. Cultural programs, food stalls arts and craft
shops etc. is also organized.
Lumbini Festival : This festival is organized to
celebrate the Buddhist Heritage of Andra Pradesh. The
festival is celebrated in Nagarjunasagar and Hyderabad
for three days from 2nd Friday of December every year.
Makara Sankranti : This harvest festival is celebrated
for 3 days in Mid January. The first day is Bhogi that
is spent with gaiety. The second day is Sankranthi when
the sun enters the Makara Rasi (the zodiac sign of
Capricorn). Traditionally this period is considered an
auspicious day. Many families arrange a doll show and
invite their friends and give alms to the poor. The
third day is Kanuma. The Community being agrarian, they
acknowledge their gratitude to the part taking of the
animals. They decorate the bulls, conduct games
including cockfights, bullfights and ram fights. Rich
and poor alike will have a good time.
Sivratri: It is one of the pre-historic festivals
celebrated all over India in Februaruy/March. It is a
religious festival devoted to Lord Shiva, the Destroyer.
The devotees dedicate the entire day to the worship of
Lord Shiva. During the night people remain awake, go to
the temple and listen to the Vedic recitals and their
meanings.
Ugadi : This native New Year comes soon after the
celebration of 'holy' in April-May. Spring is considered
as the first season of this native New Year of Andra.
Vinayak Chaturthi : The day when Lord Ganesh or Vinayak
was born (created) is celebrated as Vinayak Chaturthi.
The day is celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm
throughout the country. Every year the largest Ganesh
idol is installed at Khairatabad in Hyderabad that is
taller than thirty feet. On the 11th day of celebration,
processions converge at Hussain Sager Lake. The ten-day
Ganesh festival concludes with the immersion of Ganesh
idols in the lake.
Moharrum : It is celebrated in Hyderabad and is as
popular as Dasara in Mysore. Muslims also celebrate
Milad-un-Nabi with assemblies held Mecca Masjid and at
Dar-us-Salaam.
HYDERABAD SHOPPING :
Hyderabad was a major trading center for many centuries.
You can buy almost anything like antiques, jewelry,
handicrafts, leather goods, pearls, semiprecious stones,
dresses etc. from Hyderabad. Various art forms and
traditional crafts from Ikat weaving to puppetry are
special to Andra's Tradition. Collection of such
traditional arts and crafts is available in many
emporia, Government and private shops.
HYDERABAD CUISINE :
Hyderabad's 400-year-old culinary history, like its
culture, is unmatched by any other state in India. In
fact Hyderabad was known for the spectacular way its
aristocracy entertained. Of all the Muslim cuisine,
Hyderabadi is the only cuisine the sub-continent that
can boast of a major vegetarian element. This has much
to do with the local influences. Considering that the
elite of the erstwhile Hyderabad state came from the
north of India and was almost entirely Muslim, this is a
little surprising. The nation's vegetarians, of course,
stand to gain by it. Some of the salient features of
Hyderabadi food are the key flavours of coconut,
tamarind, peanuts and sesame seeds. The key spice is
chilli, which is used in abundance and is the reason for
the sobriquet "Dynamite Food". There's just one word to
describe Hyderabadi cuisine - FIERY! All Andhraites love
spices, especially red chillies, and use it so
generously that your tongue, ears, eyes and everything
else will burn days later. The cuisine draws its flavour
from two rich legacies - the Deccani cuisine of Nizams
with its delectable biryanis (rice flavoured with meat
and vegetables), haleem (pounded wheat and mutton dish)
and kebabs, and the spicy Andhra style of food, laced
with mustard, garlic and chillies and eaten with doles
of chutney and pickle.
HYDERABAD ENTERTAINMENT :-
Hyderabad has got a very popular form of entertainment
for people of all ages and walks of life and that is
main stream Cinema. The language of Andhra Pradesh being
Telugu, the Telugu film industry is the largest next
only to Hindi and Tamil.
Some of the major entertainment forms for Hyderabad
are...
Cinemas : Hyderabad and Secunderabad has more than 100
cinema halls screening mainstream films in Telugu,
Hindi, and some English movies.
Music and Dance : Classical music and dance concerts are
held throughout the year. Classical include Carnatic,
Hindustani, and Ghazals and Qawallis. There are many
cultural organizations like Ravindra Bharati and Thyaga
Raaya Gaana Sabha which organize music and dance
festivals. Apart from this Hyderabad also organizes many
theatre performances by both national and International
artists.
Radio and Television : Radio in Hyderabad is almost dead
what with the advent of Satellite television in the 90s.
The reasons for the decrease is probably because of the
affordability of the Cable connection with almost 50
channels to choose from. And speaking of the Television
Hyderabad follows national rules of airing the local,
national, and International channels with Entertinment,
news, sports, and Educational channels.
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