After a long walk through the corridors of the Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, I finally reached the Grand Khilwat or the Durbar hall. The 12 acres huge Chowmahalla Palace might seem overtly huge to some, but it originally was a sprawling campus of 60 acres which has been reduced to this size because of illegal encroachments [...]

Travel to Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad : Seat of the Asaf Jahis

The Chowmahalla Palace was built by the Asaf Jahis of Hyderabad in the late 1700s. “Chow” means four and “Mahalla” implies palace in Urdu and the Chowmahalla Palace is a structure that has four palaces within its walls. Nizam Salabhat Jung is accredited with [...]

Its not the name of a new team coming to play the IPL, but a brief introduction to the various rulers and dynasties who ruled over Hyderabad. I have lived in and loved the city of Hyderabad and a large part of my blog is devoted to the city. This piece of writing intends to provide [...]

Hyderabad is dry and it doesn’t rain as much here as it does in many other cities of the country. As a result, the Hyderabadi terrain is largely composed of rocks. Huge boulders of stones strewn around everywhere with a few shrubs and fewer trees anywhere in sight. Its a lot like Ahmedabad in that [...]