The Charminar is as much the signature of Hyderabad
as the Taj Mahal is of Agra or the Eiffel Tower is of Paris.
It is a magnificent square edifice of granite, built upon four grand arches facing North,
South, East and West. These arches support two floors of rooms and gallery of archways. At each corner of the square structure
is a minaret rising to a height of 24 meters, making the building nearly 54 meters tall. It is these four (char) minarets
(minar) that give the building, its name Charminar. Each minar stands on a lotus-leaf base, a special recurrent motif in Qutub
Shahi buildings.
Dream world created for the celluloid on a sprawling
1000 acres, with every imaginable set and location, Ramoji Film City on the outskirts of Hyderabad offers facilities to produce
any kind of movie. Apart from sets, there are hotels where artistes and technicians can stay.
The largest, most comprehensive and professionally planned film production
centre in the world. It has surpassed the size and facilities of the Universal Studios of Hollywood.
Golconda is one of the famous forts of India. The
name originates from the Telugu words "Golla Konda" meaning "Shepherd's Hill".
The origins of the fort can be traced back to the
Kakatiyas period Golconda was originally a mud fort, which passed to the Bahmani dynasty and later to the Qutb Shahis
The fort is famous for its acoustics, palaces, factories, ingenious water
supply system and the famous Fateh Rahben gun, one of the cannons used in the last siege of Golconda by Aurangzeb, to whom
the fort ultimately fell.
