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A Night At Taramati Baradari Resort Hyderabad

Sep 072012

A Night spent at Taramati Baradari Resort Hyderabad with our kids Once your kids start going to school you have to plan your holidays as per their school calendar. For some time our elder one has been going to school even on Saturdays thus we were not able to take any jaunts with kids that we typically do now and then. So a few weeks ago I decided to go for a short vacation but just did not have time or energy to go on a long drive, so we decided to stay for a night at the Taramati [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Forts and Palaces, Night Photography, Resorts & Hotels Review, Travel TIPS Tagged with: birds, Kittens, Nikon D7000, Taramati Baradari, Travel Story, Twin Cities 1 Response »

Bidar Fort and Gurudwara Nanak Jheera

Aug 102012

Bidar in Karnataka is a sleepy, dusty town about 140 KM from Hyderabad. It has 2 claims to fame one is a visit by Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikhism about 500 years ago and other is as the former capital of the Bahmani Sultans, one of the first Islamic dynasties in Deccan. This post we will visit Bidar Fort and Gurudwara Nanak Jheera near the Bidar Fort. Gurudwara Nanak Jheera in Bidar The legend is that first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev visited Bidar at a time when it was suffering through severe drought and on request of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Forts and Palaces, Holy Towns and Temples Tagged with: Bidar Fort, Gurudwara, Nanak Jheera, Sikhism, Taramati Baradari; Golconda Fort 5 Responses »

A Visit to Medak Church, Fort and Pocharam Sanctuary

Apr 032012

Road Trip to Medak From Hyderabad With GHAC The Medak Cathedral The joys of travel are hard to explain, words cannot capture the thrill of discovering new lands, photos struggle to do justice to the bounty of nature. Yet here I am trying to write a blog about an incredible travel. I guess the next best thing to travel to distant lands is to write and share the stories of falling in love again and again with the places one discover. I specially enjoy driving trips as they give me both flexibility and control not only on the destination [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Forts and Palaces, Holy Towns and Temples, Trekking and Exploring Tagged with: Medak Church, Medak Fort, Nizam's bunglow, Pocharam Dam, Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary, Travel Story 6 Responses »

Around Bhongir Fort Part II

Oct 092011

Bhongir Fort On The Rock This is the second post in the Bhongir Fort Series Here is the earlier post about Surendrapuri the museum of Hindu Mythology We parked the car next to the house of Sri’s friend and decided to walk up to the Bhongir fort. Sri’s friend actually works in USA, and was not aware that we are visiting his ancestral home with an American. The ascend to the fort is very steep and within less than 5 minutes I was panting and remembering all the aloo parathans, pizzas and burgers that I have gulped down for [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Forts and Palaces Tagged with: Bhongir, Ganesha, Hindu Gods, Road Trip, Travel Story, village life 5 Responses »

Around Bhongir Fort- Surendrapuri A Museum of Indian Mythology

Oct 082011

A Museum of Hindu Mythology: Surendrapuri We have been living in Hyderabad for some time and I have visited the Golconda fort many times. It has been one of the default historical spot for us to go whenever we were giving a guided tour to our guests both from India or my colleagues from US. Our CTO Tom has been to India many times and he is probably equally familiar with the city of Nizams by now if not more than me. So when this time Tom was in town me and my colleagues were in dilemma what to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Forts and Palaces, Holy Towns and Temples, Trekking and Exploring Tagged with: Bhongir, Hindu Gods, Museum, Mythology, Ramayana, Shiva temple, Travel Story, village life 5 Responses »

A visit to the legendary Golconda Fort in Hyderabad

Aug 152011

Golconda Fort in Hyderabad I have been to Golconda fort in Hyderabad many times, but most of the times it will be with some visiting friends and relative to show them the grandeur of the birthplace of Kohinoor diamond as the legend goes. This last time I visited with some Hyderabadi friends with the sole purpose of taking some pictures Golconda has had a very interesting history. It started as a mud fort where shepherds used to come with cattle hence the name -Gwala Konda or Shepherd hill in the Telugu the local language. Stair Case To Nowhere One [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Forts and Palaces Tagged with: Golconda, Qutub Shahi, TCPC, Twin Cities 5 Responses »

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