Hyderabad ::Destination City

Hyderabad is a blend of the fairy tale and earthy, a pot pouri of old and new. The domed and minaretted monuments of the Qutub Shahi and Asaf Jha nobility and cheek by jowl with massive grass and concrete high-rises. Hyderabad is famous as the former seat of the fabulously wealthy nizams of Hyderabad. Built on the banks of the river Musi, and surrounded by huge prehistoric rock formations like petrified, gray elephants.

Hyderabad Fair & Festivals
Deccan Festivals :- Highlights are 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 :- Sankranti a day, held auspicious by Hindus, is marked by worship of the Sun God and kite flying. Houses are decorated with rangolis. Seasonal celebrations, temple festivals, tribal traditions are joyful occasions.

Time has painted Hyderabad all over changing lifestyle and landscape. Opel Astras and Maruti Zens have shoved aside clip-clopping horse-drawn carriages. Elegantly tiled houses, giant archways and many-windowed homes no longer dot the skyline. Flyovers criss-cross busy intersections. The laid-back metropolis is now a science city. For the past 50 years, a lot of water has flown under the Musi.


Best Season
Best Season to visit is in the month of September and Februrary

Languages
Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi.
MUSEUMS
- Salar Jung Museum - State Museum
MONUMENTS
- Charminar - Golconda - Qutub Tombs - Raymond Tomb - Taramati Tomb - Falaknuma
LAKES
- Hussain Sagar - Himayat Sagar - Osman Sagar - Shamirpet
PARKS
- Public Gardens - Nehru Zoological Garden - Sanjeeviah Park - Indira Park - Lumbini Park
Sightseeing - Birla Mandir - Sanghi Temple - Jamma Masjid - Mecca Masjid - Moula Ali Darga - St Joseph Cathedral - Pawan Dham Temple - Maya Devi Temple

Makara Sankranti, a 3-day festival, marks the reaping of a harvest. It is also the festival of kites.
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 :- On this day Lord Ganesh was born so it is celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm. Every year the largest Ganesh Idol is installed at Khairatbad 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 :- Moharrum is celebrated in Hyderabad, Muslims also celebrate Milad-un-Nabi with assemblies held Mecca Masjid and at Dar-us-Salaam. Traditionally, the Muharram period lasts over a month and is observed by Muslims and Hindus with temperance. On the 8th and 10th days of Muharram, people of all religions pay respect at Chote Hazrat ki Dargah, inside Devan Devadi, in Hyderabad. Muharram of Hyderabad is considered as popular as the morning of Benaras, the evening of Oudh the Dasara of Mysore.