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By Air - Indian airlines, East West airlines, Jet airways,
Modality, Sahara Air, Vayudoot etc are operating flights in and out of Hyderabad. By Rail - The Indian railway, the world's largest railway under a single management, today is divided into nine zones. Secunderabad, the twin-city of Hyderabad, is the headquarters of the South Central Zone. All major trains stops or departs from here. Hyderabad is the major point of arrival or departure. By Road - The Andra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) connects hyderabad to every city, town and all except very small villages in the state. Express and luxury coaches are available for inter-city and interstate services. The APSRTC city control is at Ranigunj Depot at Secunderabad. Several private travel services those run by tour operators/travel agents are also available. Chauffeur driven private cars and taxis for long distance travel are available in Hyderabad, operated by Andra Pradesh Travel and Tourism Development Corporation (APTTDC) and private operators. |
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| HYDERABAD FAIRS AND FESTIVALS :- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fairs and festivals are celebrated with
traditional gaiety and fervor to invoke divine blessings as well
as for the sheer joy of living. A celebration of life at its
best.
Deccan Festival : he deccan festival highlights Hyderabad's arts, crafts, culture and cusine. This festival also includes a Pearls and Bangles fair and a food fair. Cultural programs, food stalls arts and craft shops etc. is also organized. Lumbini Festival : This festival is organized to celebrate the Buddhist Heritage of Andra Pradesh. The festival is celebrated in Nagarjunasagar and Hyderabad for three days from 2nd Friday of December every year. Makara Sankranti : This harvest festival is celebrated for 3 days in Mid January. The first day is Bhogi that is spent with gaiety. The second day is Sankranthi when the sun enters the Makara Rasi (the zodiac sign of Capricorn). Traditionally this period is considered an auspicious day. Many families arrange a doll show and invite their friends and give alms to the poor. The third day is Kanuma. The Community being agrarian, they acknowledge their gratitude to the part taking of the animals. They decorate the bulls, conduct games including cockfights, bullfights and ram fights. Rich and poor alike will have a good time. Sivratri: It is one of the pre-historic festivals celebrated all over India in Februaruy/March. It is a religious festival devoted to Lord Shiva, the Destroyer. The devotees dedicate the entire day to the worship of Lord Shiva. During the night people remain awake, go to the temple and listen to the Vedic recitals and their meanings. Ugadi : This native New Year comes soon after the celebration of 'holy' in April-May. Spring is considered as the first season of this native New Year of Andra. Vinayak Chaturthi : The day when Lord Ganesh or Vinayak was born (created) is celebrated as Vinayak Chaturthi. The day is celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm throughout the country. Every year the largest Ganesh idol is installed at Khairatabad in Hyderabad that is taller than thirty feet. On the 11th day of celebration, processions converge at Hussain Sager Lake. The ten-day Ganesh festival concludes with the immersion of Ganesh idols in the lake. Moharrum : It is celebrated in Hyderabad and is as popular as Dasara in Mysore. Muslims also celebrate Milad-un-Nabi with assemblies held Mecca Masjid and at Dar-us-Salaam. |
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| Hyderabad was a major trading center for many centuries. You can buy almost anything like antiques, jewelry, handicrafts, leather goods, pearls, semiprecious stones, dresses etc. from Hyderabad. Various art forms and traditional crafts from Ikat weaving to puppetry are special to Andra's Tradition. Collection of such traditional arts and crafts is available in many emporia, Government and private shops. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hyderabad's 400-year-old culinary history, like its culture, is unmatched by any other state in India. In fact Hyderabad was known for the spectacular way its aristocracy entertained. Of all the Muslim cuisine, Hyderabadi is the only cuisine the sub-continent that can boast of a major vegetarian element. This has much to do with the local influences. Considering that the elite of the erstwhile Hyderabad state came from the north of India and was almost entirely Muslim, this is a little surprising. The nation's vegetarians, of course, stand to gain by it. Some of the salient features of Hyderabadi food are the key flavours of coconut, tamarind, peanuts and sesame seeds. The key spice is chilli, which is used in abundance and is the reason for the sobriquet "Dynamite Food". There's just one word to describe Hyderabadi cuisine - FIERY! All Andhraites love spices, especially red chillies, and use it so generously that your tongue, ears, eyes and everything else will burn days later. The cuisine draws its flavour from two rich legacies - the Deccani cuisine of Nizams with its delectable biryanis (rice flavoured with meat and vegetables), haleem (pounded wheat and mutton dish) and kebabs, and the spicy Andhra style of food, laced with mustard, garlic and chillies and eaten with doles of chutney and pickle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hyderabad has got a very popular form of entertainment for people of all ages and walks of life and that is main stream Cinema. The language of Andhra Pradesh being Telugu, the Telugu film industry is the largest next only to Hindi and Tamil. Some of the major entertainment forms for Hyderabad are... Cinemas : Hyderabad and Secunderabad has more than 100 cinema halls screening mainstream films in Telugu, Hindi, and some English movies. Music and Dance : Classical music and dance concerts are held throughout the year. Classical include Carnatic, Hindustani, and Ghazals and Qawallis. There are many cultural organizations like Ravindra Bharati and Thyaga Raaya Gaana Sabha which organize music and dance festivals. Apart from this Hyderabad also organizes many theatre performances by both national and International artists. Radio and Television : Radio in Hyderabad is almost dead what with the advent of Satellite television in the 90s. The reasons for the decrease is probably because of the affordability of the Cable connection with almost 50 channels to choose from. And speaking of the Television Hyderabad follows national rules of airing the local, national, and International channels with Entertinment, news, sports, and Educational channels. |
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