Hussain Sagar

Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station was built in the year 1920 by the 7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan on the banks of Hussain Sagar lake. It was the first thermal power station of South India.[2] It supplied power to the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad from the year 1920 to the year 1983.[3]

The Pakistan M47 Patton tank is a war trophy given to the 54th Infantry Division who had disabled it during the Battle of Basantar in Pakistan, during 15–17 December 1971. It was given to the city by the battalion after the India Pakistan war of 1971.[4]

An 18-meter high monolithic statue of Lord Buddha towers over the lake from atop the Rock of Gibraltar. The idea was a part of the Buddha Poornima project in 1985 by N. T. Rama Rao. The statue was chiseled out of a white granite rock, weighing 450 tons. It was carved by 200 sculptors for two years. The statue was transported to Hyderabad in November 1988. After initial problems, the statue was erected on 12 April 1992 on a red lotus pedestal.

Lumbini Park Jetty, Hyderabad

Birla Mandir in Hyderabad

Love Hyderabad Sculpture at People's Plaza on the banks of the picturesque Hussain Sagar lake

Sanjeevaiah Park

Prasads IMAX

NTR memorial

Saidaanimaa tomb

Lumbini Park is an urban park of 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) adjacent to Hussain Sagar. It was constructed at a cost of INR 2.35 crores on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land as a part of the Buddha Poornima project. It has various attractions such as laser auditorium, boating facilities and musical fountains.[5]

Birla Mandir refers to different Hindu temple built by the Birla family in different cities. All these temples are magnificently built with white marble on a 280 feet (85 m) high hillock called the Naubath Pahad located to the south of Hussain Sagar. The construction took ten years and was consecrated in 1976 by Swami Ranganathananda of Ramakrishna Mission.[6]

Sanjeevaiah Park is a public green space and park located to the north of the lake. Built on 92 acres (37 ha), the park is named after Damodaram Sanjivayya, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The park is managed by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority and the park won the Best open landscape award during the 2010 Indian national trust for art and cultural heritage award presentations.[7]

Prasad's IMAX is a multiplex of an area of 235,000 sq ft (21,800 m²), housing an IMAX movie theater, a five screen multiplex, food court, multinational fast food outlets, a gaming zone and a shopping mall covering two levels of the complex.[8] It is India's third IMAX theater.[9][10] In November 2014, when Hollywood film Interstellar opened in theatres, Prasads was the only IMAX screen in India where the space drama was watched on 70mm film.[11][12] The movie screen is said to be the largest IMAX screen (64 ft in height x 101.6 ft in width) in India and it is said to be fixed in Screen 6 of Prasad’s multi-plex.[13] Screen 6 is now called PCX after renovation. Screen 6 was previously a 3D IMAX 70mm until 2014.

Snow World is an amusement park located beside Indira Park and along the Hussain Sagar lake. The park can accommodate a total of 2,400 visitors in a day. Said to be the first of its kind at any show theme park or snow dome in the world, the visitors are exposed to snowfall for ten minutes for every hour.

NTR Gardens is a small urban park of 55 acres (0.22 km²; 0.086 sq mi) adjacent to Hussain Sagar lake. Constructed in several phases since 1999, the park is presently being maintained by the Buddha Purnima Project Authority that functions under the directives of the Government of Telangana. The park is named after and houses the memorial of N T Rama Rao, a matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who died on 18 January 1996.

Across the 10 km lakefront, spaces like Eat Street and Jalavihar Water Park are located.[14][15] People check out Eat Street which serves meals, fast food and other eating options.[16] An array of stalls serving everything from chaat and pizza to Mughlai and North Indian cuisine makes it a foodie's paradise.[17]

Sayedani Maa Tomb is an Archaeological Survey of India declared heritage site located at the north end of Hussain Sagar. Saidani Maa Saheba was a saint of the Nizam era. An example of Islamic architecture, the tomb has been carved intricately with marble latticework.[18]

India's tallest statue of BR Ambedkar in Hyderabad

in 2023, The giant 125-foot-tall statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar has been installed on 11.4 acres, adjoining the banks of historic Hussain Sagar lake and the new Telangana state secretariat.[19][20] The statue of Dr B R Ambedkar stands tall in his signature pose atop the country’s parliament house, which takes the overall height to 175 feet. It is the fourth tallest statue in India. The circular edifice resembling the parliament of India, also house a museum, library and an audio-visual hall across a 20,000 sq ft area to commemorate the life and times of Ambedkar. On 14 April 2023, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao unveiled a 125-feet tall bronze statue of Dr B. R. Ambedkar at the Hussain Sagar lake on his 132nd birth anniversary.[21]

Telangana Amara Jyothi

Telangana Amara Jyothi, also known as Telangana Martyrs Memorial is a major tourist attraction, located on the banks of Hussain Sagar.[22] It is the largest seamless stainless-steel memorial built in the world and is five times bigger than Cloud Gate (located in Chicago).[23] It was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Telanagana, K. Chandrashekar Rao on 22 June 2023.

Hussain Sagar lake is a popular spot for sailing. Regattas have been held here since 1971 jointly by the EME Sailing Association and the Secunderabad Sailing Club. Hyderabad Sailing Week has been conducted here since 1984 when the first laser boats were introduced by the Laser Class Association of India. The event has grown from ten laser entries in 1984 to 110 laser entries in 2009. In August 2009 the lake was witness to the monsoon regatta in which sailors from all over India participated. Different classes of sailboats and yachts were raced including four J24, eighteen Hobie Cat and Forty-seven Optimist (dinghy).[24]

The Yacht Club of Hyderabad located at Sanjeevaiah Park started in 2009 and instituted the Monsoon Regatta the same year. The club started with just three boats now boast of more than 45 on its premises including Lasers, Optimists, Omegas, Kayaks, and many safety and rescue vessels. The club trains youngsters to compete at the national level.

Boating Ghat near Hussain Sagar

34 well-sculptured bronze statues, mounted on high platforms, of people who played iconic role in the development of Hyderabad and Telugu culture along the Tank Bund road. The following 34 personalities are commemorated in the order of appearance from Secunderabad.[25]

• Komaram Bheem
  Tribal leader from Telangana who openly fought against Nizam of Hyderabad with slogan Jal, jungal, zameen
• Rudrama Devi
  The 13th century Queen of the Kakatiya Dynasty which ruled over most parts of present-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
• Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI
  6th Nizam of the Asaf Jahi Dynasty
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  First Vice President of India and second President of India
• CR Reddy
  Educationist, political thinker, essayist, poet and literary critic
• Gurajada Apparao
  Telugu playwright, dramatist, poet, writer and humanist
• Ballari Raghava
  Telugu playwright, thespian and film actor
• Alluri Sita Rama Raju
  Indian Telugu revolutionary who fought against the British raj
• Sir Arthur Cotton
  British irrigation engineer instrumental in building the Prakasam Barrage, the Dowleswaram Barrage and the Kurnool Cuddappah Canal (K. C. Canal)
• Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary
  Telugu lawyer, poet, playwright, reformer, rationalist and humanist
• Pingali Venkayya
  Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based
• Kandukuri Veeresalingam
  Social reformer and Telugu writer
• Makhdoom Mohiuddin
  Urdu poet, Marxist political activist and a forerunner of Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad
• Suravaram Pratapareddy
  Social historian from Telangana
• Gurram Jashuva
  Telugu poet and Dalit activist
• Mutnuri Krishna Rao
  Indian freedom fighter, editor, scholar and literary critic
• Sri Sri
  Telugu poet and lyricist
• Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
  Indian social reformer
• Thyagaraja
  Renowned composer of Carnatic music
• Ramadasu
  17th-century Indian devotee of Lord Rama and a composer of Carnatic music
• Sri Krishnadevaraya
  The Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509 to 1529
• Kshetrayya
  Telugu poet and composer of Carnatic music
• Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami
  Hindu saint, who lived in Andhra Pradesh
• Bramha Naidu
  Minister in a Medieval Andhra kingdom of Palnadu
• Molla
  Telugu poet who authored the Telugu-language Ramayana
• Tana Shah
  Last ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
• Siddhendra Yogi
  Inventor of Modern form of Classical dance Kuchipudi
• Yogi Vemana
  Telugu poet and philosopher
• Potana
  Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit to Telugu
• Annamacharya
  15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Lord Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu
• Yerrapragada
  Medieval Telugu poet
• Tikkana
  Second poet of the "Trinity of Poets (Kavi Trayam)" who translated Mahabharata into Telugu
• Nannayya
  Telugu poet and the first in Trinity of poets (Kavitrayam), who authored Andhra Mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Mahabharata.
• Gautamiputra Satakarni (Shalivahanudu)
  Ruler of the Satavahana Empire in present-day Deccan region of India