Day 7: In Hyderabad
In the morning visitCharminar, Mecca Masjid, Salarjung Museum andChowmoullah Palace.The Charminar is as much the signature of Hyderabad as theTaj Mahal is of Agra or the Eiffel Tower is of Paris. Mohammed QuliQutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad, built Charminar in 1591 at the centre of the original city layout.Four graceful minarets soar to a height of 48.7mts above the ground. Charminar has 45 prayer spaces and a mosque in it. Visitors can view the architectural splendour inside the Charminar. Mecca Masjid is a mosque so named because the bricks were brought from Mecca to build the central arch. Mecca Masjid is poetry in stone. Towards the southern end of the mosque lies the marble graves of members of the AsafJahi dynasty. Salarjung Museum houses one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques of the world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III. The objects d’art include Persian carpets, Moghal miniatures, Chinese porcelain, Japanese lacquerware, famous statues including the Veiled Rebecca and Marguerite. Chowmoullah Palace built by theNizamsbetween 1857-1869, is a heritage building. The complex comprises four palaces in Moghal and European styles. In the evening visit Golkonda Fort &QutubShahi Tombs. Golkonda Fort is one of the famous forts of India. The fort is famous for its acoustics, palaces, ingenious water supply system and the famous FatehRahben gun, one of the cannons used in the last siege of Golconda by Aurangzeb.QutubShahi Tombs were planned and built by the QutubShahis themselves. These tombs are said to be the oldest historical monuments in Hyderabad. They form a large group and stand on a raised platform. The tombs are built in Persian,Pathan and Hindu architectural. It is the only one of its kind in the world where an entire dynasty has been buried at one place.
Overnight: hotel in Hyderabad.
