Our visit to Charminar was
on the top of list, not because it’s a historical place but it is very good for
shopping. After visiting Golkonda fort and Qutb Shahi tombs (locally called as
7 dooms), we reached Charminar, it’s like Hyderabad tour is incomplete without
a visit to Charminar and shopping in Laad Bazaar!!
History about Charminar:
Charminar is very good
example of Indo-Islamic architecture, Charminar represents the glorious history
of the city. Built in 1591 by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, Charminar is a
square-shaped structure which is 56 meters high and 30 meters wide. Popularly
known as ‘Arc de Triomphe of the East’. The name Charminar, which means “four
(chaar)” “pillars (minars)” came from its structure which consists of four
intricately carved pillars, one on each side.
Charminar is surrounded by
markets in all the four directions and it is a paradise for those who love
shopping. Everything is of very nominal cost but one should definitely know the
art of bargaining. This area is very popular to Bangles and Pearl.
Other good thing i liked
around this place was, Deepavali celeberation near charminar. Decorated the
Lord Lakshmi temple very beatiflly on the occation of deepavali. Spent almost half a day around this place
doing shopping, but missed to climb the charminar beacuse of huge crowd.
Headed back to hotel and on
the way stopped near hussian sagar to click the pic of Budda statue under
lights.
View of Birla Mandir from Hussian Sagar.
Finally ended our day
capturing the beautiful pics budda statue in our camera.
If some is planning Hyderabad
trip then better need to know about couple of things:
No bags and cameras are
allowed across hussian sagar and no proper clock room is well to drop your
bags. There is a clock room around but not suggested to keep your camera bags
and all. At Biral Mandir we cant even take mobile phones with us.
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