Himayat Sagar
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nearby attractions
Taramati Baradari
Hyderabad, Telangana
The hilltop music pavilion where courtesan Taramati's song is said to have reached Golconda on the wind — now a cultural amphitheatre.
Chilkur Balaji Temple
Hyderabad, Telangana
The 'Visa Balaji' on Osman Sagar's shore — no hundi, no VIP lines, just 108 pradakshinas for wishes famously including US visas.
Osman Sagar Gandipet
Hyderabad, Telangana
The 1920 Musi-river reservoir that saved Hyderabad from floods — 'Gandipet water' remains the city's pride, its bund a classic picnic drive.
Golconda Fort
Hyderabad, Telangana
The diamond capital's granite crown — 11 km of walls climb a boulder hill through gates, armouries and water systems to the Baradari summit, where a hand-clap at the entrance echoes up to warn the king; the Koh-i-Noor and Hope both passed through these vaults.
Qutb Shahi Tombs
Hyderabad, Telangana
The domed necropolis of Golconda's kings — seven grand mausoleums and mortuary baths in a restored garden of 100 monuments.
Mrugavani National Park
Hyderabad, Telangana
A 1,200-acre pocket national park at Chilkur with safari vans through scrub forest of deer, boar and 100 bird species.
Durgam Cheruvu
Hyderabad, Telangana
The 'secret lake' between granite bluffs at Hitec City, spanned by India's longest concrete cable-stayed bridge, lit purple by night.
Nehru Zoological Park
Hyderabad, Telangana
One of Asia's great zoos — 380 acres with drive-through lion and tiger safaris, a nocturnal house and Indian rhino breeding.
Peddamma Thalli Temple
Hyderabad, Telangana
Jubilee Hills' powerful mother-goddess temple whose Bonalu processions turn the streets into a river of red and turmeric.
Sudha Cars Museum
Hyderabad, Telangana
The world's first wacky-car museum — drivable cars shaped like burgers, cameras, cricket bats and sofas, all built by one Guinness-record maker.
KBR National Park
Hyderabad, Telangana
390 acres of scrub forest in the middle of Banjara Hills — peacocks at dawn on the walking loop around Chiran Palace.
Falaknuma Palace
Hyderabad, Telangana
The 'mirror of the sky' — a scorpion-shaped Palladian palace 2,000 ft above the city, now a Taj hotel with the world's longest dining table.