Mrugavani National Park
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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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.
Himayat Sagar
Hyderabad, Telangana
Osman Sagar's twin on the Esi river (1927), named for the Nizam's heir — a long bund drive over quiet flood-control waters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Statue of Equality
Hyderabad, Telangana
The 216-ft golden statue of saint Ramanuja at Muchintal — the world's second-tallest seated statue, ringed by 108 replica Divya Desam shrines.
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Botanical Garden
Hyderabad, Telangana
The Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy Botanical Garden at Kondapur — 274 acres of themed gardens, bamboo groves and lotus ponds by Hitec City.
Shilparamam
Hyderabad, Telangana
A 65-acre crafts village in Hitec City — artisan bazaars, a rural-Telangana museum village and night food courts under banyans.
Peddamma Thalli Temple
Hyderabad, Telangana
Jubilee Hills' powerful mother-goddess temple whose Bonalu processions turn the streets into a river of red and turmeric.
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.