The Full Story by WORLDRAF
About Hyderabad
Headquarter: Hyderabad, India.
DMS Latitude: 17 degrees 23’ 13.7040” N
DMS Longitude: 78 degrees 29’ 30.0624” E
The True Story of the God and a King:
In the 16th century, on an auspicious occasion , in the presence of rich and famous, close friends, family members, other people with smiles and military commander’s protection, a king prayed to God with an aspiration of Hyderabad, "The Great Dream".
The God pronounced:
Okay! So be it. Your dream; Hyderabad, the great dream will come true!!
In our Non-Aligned Movement countries the metropolitan city Hyderabad had great ancient history. The modern days now also contain many interesting facts.
Excavations near the city have unearthed the Iron age sites that can be dated to Emperor Asoka the Great- 500 BCE is an example of its prehistoric times. Hyderabad had a great interesting place in history. 5th Nizam’s Royal of Asaf Jahi dynasty, Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah laid foundation stone to incarnate Hyderabad. The king’s prayer and his family’s endeavour regarding his dream, Hyderabad, the great dream, is still being a point of discussion and divergent analysis. The Old capital of Hyderabad Golconda (Golla Konda - shepherds hill) which is still a part of the recent Hyderabad was established between 1199 and 1262. Initially it was called the Diamond capital. In the great Hyderabad of the Deccan plateau one can find galvanising, esthetic, and amazing natural rock hill sculptures. As if mother nature carved these. In between these chiselled rock hills of present telangana, the state flower tangedu in telugu (cassia auriculata) and state tree Jammi in telugu (Prosopis cineraria) are burgeoning vastly.
The Deccan Plateau pronounced: Hyderabad, The Great Dream. These awesome natural rock formations as old as 2500 million years are. These rock formations are older than dinosaurs or even the Himalayas, upended upright are seemingly, blessing the king for his dream, Hyderabad, the great dream, to come true.
The Buddha pronounced: Hyderabad, The Great Dream.
Okay, tomorrow morning at 4am -5am go to any natural rock sculptures near you and meditate in the shade of the jammi tree. Telangana people are spiritually connected with the Jammi tree and tangedu flowers. And when it comes to Meditation, you will reminisce about the Buddha statue erected on the Gibraltar rock in the middle of the lake Hussain sagar. This is the world’s tallest monolith statue (58feet or 18 metres) which will drench you profusely with love, peace and inspiration. Do you know the background during your Meditation? One can find our country’s national bird peacock’s high pitched honking vocalisations and dance here and there in Hyderabad’s greens. You will be overwhelmed into meditation, with the cooings of the state bird of Telangana, Palapitta (Indian roller or blue jay) and other birds like doves, wood pigeons and rock pigeons. Challenges between the quails persistently recollect the fighting spirit and Consciousness of Hyderabad people and Hyderabad, a metropolitan city is also called as Bhagyanagaram.
Some parts of Hyderabad where Information technology centres are in dense are authentically called as Cyberabad. The Microsoft founder Bill Gates visited Cyberabad personally and the result: Cyberabad is the world’s second centre for Microsoft research and development. Golconda fort is a fortified citadel which was the famous historical capital of Hyderabad. Golconda fort flourished as a trade centre of world famous large diamonds, gems and pearls. It has a legendary aura and became synonymous with vast wealth. It used to have a large vault storing the world famous Koh-i-noor diamond (mountain of light) and hope diamonds along with other large diamonds.
The then 5th Nizam Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah in 16th century laid foundation for Hyderabad city.
Regarding this he prayed to God: Fill this city of mine with people, as you filled the river with fishes O-Lord!
If we study the present circumstances of Hyderabad one has to agree that his prayer got favorable approval and strong back from God. Now in South India Hyderabad and Secunderabad the twin cities together became a Metropolitan city with the population of above 10 millions. Another synonym for Hyderabad is Hyderabadi biryani. Every Indian desires to taste this biryani which was born from Nizam's kitchen. Also Irani Chai(Irani Tea) and Osmania Biscuits. The largest Asian consulate for the United states of America is situated in Hyderabad. This tells how important the science and technology and information technology of Hyderabad is. Next to the United states of America, Hyderabad is the only city that hosts the Research and development centers for Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. Hyderabad is the second largest Software exporter in India. 1500 software companies and thousands of Startups are established here. And thus on this land youth glorified with modernity from all over the world are dwelling who are collaborating with the World everywhere.
Likewise the other Asians, Hyderabad also values Culture and Traditions. Here Urdu and Telugu are predominantly spoken languages. People of different races, tribes, religions and languages from the Indian subcontinent live here together harmoniously in integrity.
The Goddess Peddamma pronounced: Hyderabad, The Great Dream.
Peddamma Gudi located at Jubilee Hills is very famous. It is very special during Bonalu. Peddamma means supreme mother. People offer prayers and sacrifices to this mother round the year and she is known to shower her blessings upon each and every devotee and this city.
She is one of the 11 forms of Village Deities and is known as The Supreme most. The Temple is a must-visit during the Bonaalu festival which occurs during June–July every year. People offer their prayers and sacrifices to The Mother round the year, and The Mother is known to shower her blessings on each and every devotee who offers her prayers.
Hindu festival Vinayaka Chavithi idol immersion procession (Elephant headed God) has to be watched and cherished. The Khairathabad Ganesh idol (Elephant headed God) follows an innovative shape,size and looks every year with contemporary ideas. And the auction of Laddu prasadam (sacred sweet offering) is skyrocketing every year. Sadar (festival ) festival which is a buffalo carnival is celebrated annually by the yadava community. Bathukamma is a Hindu goddess festival celebrated predominantly in Telangana and some parts of Andhra Pradesh. Every year this festival is celebrated as per Sathavahana calendar for nine days starting Mahalaya Amavasya (also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya) till Durgashtami, usually in September–October of Gregorian calendar. Bathukamma is celebrated for nine days during Durga Navratri.
It is a land of so many spiritual places like Birla mandir, different Churches, Gurudwaras, Parsi Fire temple (1847) and a lot of Dargahs. This creates a feel of integrity. Another synonym of Hyderabad is Deccan Urdu. It is the mother tongue of muslims . The majority of people in Hyderabad speak and like this variety of Hindustani Deccan Urdu. Visit is a must to the Old city of Hyderabad to listen to this sweet language genuinely. There are interesting reasons for immense interest towards the dialect of this language in the Non Muslim world also.
And Sadar is a buffalo carnival celebrated annually by the Yadav community of Hyderabad, Telangana, India as a part of Diwali. It is also known as Dunnapothula panduga and it occurs on the second day after Diwali. The buffaloes are decorated with garlands of flowers, painted horns, and paraded through the streets, often accompanied by the crowd dancing to the sounds of teen maar Special Yadav Band (Da Daniki). The animals are sometimes encouraged to rear up on their hind legs.
The Bollywood actor late Mehmood Ali, Guinness record holder drama ‘Adrak ke punjey’ and cinema Angrez (released in 2005). During muslims festivals Hyderabad is sparkled fabulously. Preferably during Ramadan festival one should definitely attend Iftar party and consume Haleem once in their lifetime. State protected Mecca masjid, a 17th century congressional mosque in Hyderabad is constructed with the commissioned bricks that were made from the soil brought from the holy site of Islam.
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The historic Bibi ka Aalam procession taken out from the old city of Hyderabad is the star attraction of Muharram festival . It is also considered a living example of common harmony for it draws people of different faiths . There is a relic, a piece of the wooden plank enclosed in this alam as well. In the time of king Abdullah Qutub Shah it reached Golconda which was in Karbala for a very long time.
Sir Ronald Ross made his landmark discovery of malarial parasite on august 20 in secunderabad. Hyderabad is the world's vaccination capital till now. It is still an important production center for Pharmaceutical industries. Mines, minerals, manufacturing, tourism and poultry farming are the important industries developed here. Marvelous ultra modern Rajiv Gandhi International airport is established here. Begumpet Airport was operational from 1936.
Kacheguda railway station was established in 1914. State bank of Hyderabad is also from here. For the first time in India of all the princely states paper currency was introduced in Hyderabad, in the year 1918. Most of the Cinema productions were from Tollywood in India. And this land is its base. The first cinema hall called Royal talkies had been established by the Nizams in 1927. Another cinema hall, Yakuth Mahal, was established in 1930 among so many others. The Time magazine published the world’s richest man of that time and 5th richest man in history, the Nizam 7th Mir Usman Ali Khan on its cover page in the year 1937.
"The power of land, the fragrance of air and the sweetness of Manjeera water along with hardwork and unity of Hyderabadis inspires and persistently will inspire us all to fulfil...Hyderabad, The Great Dream."