But unlikely Sardar Begum didn’t like the construction and she never stayed here. The Sardar Begum on her visit to this palace, spotted a monitor lizard and was seen on its premises which is considered a bad omen. This palace along with Saifabad palace was never been occupied. But people started referring it with her name. When Nizam rule came to an end the Sardar Mahal was already pending with property tax to be paid by Nizams but they didn’t do and in 1965 this heritage building became the house of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation south wind office.

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In 2008, the department of tourism passed the judgement to convert this building into a heritage museum.  The Sardar Mahal was declared as a Heritage site by Heritage Conservation Committee and Intach in 2008.

Jubilee Hills is one of the present costliest residential area in Andhra Pradesh. The land price on the road facing is Rs 2 lacs per square yards especially Road no 36 and Road 37 prices are very high and the same goes with the rental deals around that road.

One of the urban national park of India, KBR National Park is located on the South East of Jubilee Hills occupying an area of 1.58 kms and inside it you find the Chiran Palace which is the last Palace of Nizams.

Jubilee Hills Commercial Area

The Telugu Film Industry, Tollywood famous and renowned studios like Ramanaidu Studios, Padmalaya Studios, Spire Films and Annapurna Studies are located here. Several of the Telugu movie industry actors, business mens and leading politicians live in this area. The longest serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu political party ‘Telugu Desam Party’ is located on the LV Prasad Marg also his residents is nearby too. Also Praja Rajyam party headquarters lies on the Road No 45 and Telangana Rashtra Samithi has also shifted their office in Jubilee Hills.

Branded Stores in Jubilee Hills

Being a posh area of Hyderabad, Jubilee Hills is the home of several international brand stores and beauty centers. Brands such as Mercedes, Skoda, Park Avenue, Levi’s Jeans, Pantaloons, Annapurna Jewelers, Rolex, VolksVagon, Reebok, Van Heusen and lot more are located in this locality. Various corporate offices headquarters of Spire Films, Radha Real Estate, ICICI Bank, HDFC Banks, Global Systems etc are located in this area.

The Apollo Hospital, Apollo Cancer Institute, LV Prasad Eye hospital, Dr.Mohan’s Diabetes Center, Blue Cross animal welfare association, Chiranjeevi Eye and Blood Bank, Nandamuri Basavatarakam Cancer hospital and Asha Hospital serves as the health care centers in this area.

It also has educational schools like P Odul Reddy Public School, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public Schoold, Jubilee Hills Public School, Sreenidhi International school, Oakridge school and Orchids schools are some of the top schools. The Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University is an distant university for various higher educational degrees.

Leading parlors like Pinks and Bloos, Ayur, Lakhme beauty parlor, Bubbles, Mirrors, Blush and Manea for both men and womens. Gyms centres like 360 Degree Fitness, Latitudes and Helios are the best gyms in this locality.

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Recreation around Jubilee Hills

The KBR Park and Chiran Palace are among the top visited places in this area. Jubilee Hills also has man made pond by name Lotus Pond which is kept with high care and maintenance. The Lotus pond is among the best ponds in Hyderabad according to most of the users. The boundaries of KBR Park forms the dedicated pathway for morning walkers and joggers and this is a beautiful sight and no other place in Hyderabad has dedicated lane for footpath. This pathway also has sitting chairs available at a distant location and roads around it is kept at high maintenance. Other attractions like Durgam Cheruvu also called as Secret Lake is located in this locality and forms a major attraction for visitors where you can take the pride of boating, trekking and open air dance and discos. State Gallery of Fine Arts is located on the North west side of Jubilee Hills and the Jubilee Hills Road Number 37.

The Jubilee Hills Road No 10, Road No 92 and LV Prasad Marg encircles the KBR Park. The famous roads in Jubilee Hills are Road No 10, Road No 92, Road No 45, Road No 82, Road No 36 & Road No 1.

The Peddamma Temple and Jagannath Puri are the two Hindu temples which serves the corridor for devotees during festive celebrations.

Jubilee Hills Pin Code

The Pin code of Jubilee Hills is 500 033

Transport

The APSRTC is the best mode of transport in Jubilee Hills but since this is a posh area of Hyderabad the people who live here prefer to go with their personal vehicles like cars. If you are looking to see Audi, Mercedes and other high brand cars then no other places than Jubilee Hills roads would be better to see. APSRTC runs their bus services on the major roads of this areas and the closest MMTS train station is Hitech City which is not a preferred mode of transport by most of the people here.

Infact the better way to check find driving directions and explore places is Google Maps. We just have got you the Hyderabad transport maps which may help you to find some places.

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Airways

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport located at Shamshabad serves as a connecting point by airways to international locations and other major cities in India. The Hyderabad Airport is ranked as one of the best airport in the world serving more than 20 million passengers. No doubt that its the best airport in India.

Connecting with the airport to the city are the three major wide roads in the form of expressways. The Hyderabad Elevated Expressway is 12 kms long and provides dedicated high speed travel to airport. The Nehru Outer Ring Road and National Highway No 7 are the road which connects Airport to the city.

Rail

Through Nizam’s, Hyderabad was among the first few cities to get connected by rail. The Secunderabad Railway station is the headquarters of South Central Railways zone under Indian Railways. Other major railway stations in Hyderabad are Hyderabad Deccan Station and Kacheguda Railway station. Seeing the increase in traffic, MMTS was introduced which connects major parts of the cities and its now serving 3 lacs passengers per day.

Also the Hyderabad Metro project is under construction which would provide point to point train link.

Road

Hyderabad city is very well connected by Roadways. The National Highway 9 and National highway 7 passes through the city. To curb the city population the outer ring road is being constructed to encircle Hyderabad and to provide a easy bypass link for passers coming from other cities.

Andhra Pradesh state is very well connected with Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) as the public mode of transport and operates more than 25,000 transport buses within the city and rest of India. This has brought the name in the Guinness World Records published in 2005 with a estimated 13 million passengers per day. The Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station and Jubilee bus station are the major stations in Hyderabad.

Apart from that the yellow colored auto rickshaw are always available 24 hours which serves as the widely available transport service in the city.

In past the Hyderabad was the global center known for the trade of diamonds and pearls and so the city is also know by its other name as Pearl city.

The theories explaining the origin of Hyderabad name differs. According to myth, Muhammad Quli Qutub sha fell in love and married nautch dancer Bhagmathi and so the city is also known by another name as Bhagyanagaram. Also theory says the city was named after the fourth Caliph Hyder.

Archaeologists accordingly ages the city dated back to 500 BC. The region was first ruled by the Chalukya dynasty and when it was divided it can under the reign of Kakatiya dynasty. After that it was ruled by many Muslims dynasty till 1948. The Hyderabad State during the Nizam rule was one of the richest state during the British India rule. The Hyderabad city gone pass through the Buddhist monasteries too.

When India got independence in 1947, the Nizam king declared his intention to be independent and not merge with democratic India and so he signed Standstill agreement with Union of India. Then in 1948 Nizam joined the India and thus Hyderabad state was formed. Then on 1 November 1956, India states were reorganised and Hyderabad city was merged and became the capital city of new state Andhra Pradesh.

Since last two decades Hyderabad has emerged as the hub of Information Technology.

Good Friday in Hyderabad

Hyderabad having a mix of most of the religions people the Christians occupies the third place among the population. Good Friday is declared as a national holiday in India but you would find just a holiday for others and city doesn’t witness any happening of Good Friday until you are passing through a church. There is no fix date on when the Good Friday comes because its dependent on date of Easter and so it changes from year to year.

Prayers are held in churches all around the world remembering the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. The famous churches in Hyderabad like Holy Trinity Church, All Saints Church, Wesley Church, St Mary’s Cathedral are all filled on the Good Friday. Most of the Christians observed the fast on this day and they do prayer and meditation on the pain and suffering of Jesus Christ.

The Muharram is followed in all parts of Andhra Pradesh and this festival primarily involves mourning’s session. In Hyderabad this starts with the occurrence of new moon and it goes till the 10 days. Drum beating is a common scene followed by the worshipers and ardent followers beat themselves with chains to express their pain over the death of Hussain.

This festival not only shows the loss of Hussain but also shows the passionate dedication of shia and sunni followers who takes all the pain for the death of Hazrat Mohammad.

The Lohri festival is associated with the worship sun and fire and its observed by all communities but the name is different and mainly for Punjabi’s its more than just a festival. Since 70 % of families in India still dependent on agriculture and its only their primary source of income, the people celebrate with honesty as this festival celebrates fertility and spark of life.

Typically in Lohri festival you would see people gathering round the bonfires, dancing and throwing puffed rice, popcorns into flames and exchange greetings on this day. The Punjab being mostly the agricultural state its a state holiday on that day.

Lohri festival in Hyderabad is not a regular site but still many people celebrate it. The rituals of bonfires can be spotted in small villages and towns but not in the city of Hyderabad. The origin of Lohri is related with a tale of Dulla Bhatti.

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Dining

Through the restaurant in Leonia you can enjoy the taste of Kashmiri cuisines, spicy Thai food, chinese food, Indonesian food, and Singapore cuisines.

They have Shahi Handi multi cuisines restaurant built in Nizam style of architecture, a 24 hours coffee shop called Sun and Moon 24×7, Juventa cafe and finally a restaurant cum bar called Moments.

Spa Facility

Leonia resort Hyderabad offers Spa packages to the body like oil treatment, herbal oil therapy, full body massage, facials, hydrotherapy, yoga and fitness programmes and laser treatments and lot more at Leonia.

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The Karvachauth is performed by Hindu womens as they undertake fast on that day without drinking even water or eating anything seeking the welfare, longevity of her husband. The Karvachauth is mostly celebrated on high grand mostly by the North India community and others in light numbers in Hyderabad.

There are around four different stories and legends revolving around why people celebrated Karvachauth and where does this tradition comes from. The preparations of Karvachauth by womens beings a week earlier in advance so as they are prepared on time.

On this day since morning womes are busy before sunrise.