Hyderabad - Full of Cultural Richness

Varun Tilakraj Bhalla
Visited: January 24th, 2007

I visited Hyderabad recently. I had been on an official tour. Hyderabad is a cultural city of South India. The best thing about this city is that you will see all the modern developments peculiar of a metropolitan city like Malls, IT Parks etc. and at the same time you can see ancient heritage, old time cultural values, monuments, food, etc. Another peculiarity is that you will find most of the people understanding Hindi language. It is become there's a substantial population of Muslims who speak in local Urdu mixed with Hindi.

For a traveler there are many attractions. Like monuments Charminar, Salarejung Museum, Birla Mandir, Golkunda Fort and a big Lake. Besides one can relish typical Mughlai and Hyderabadi food like Biryani, South Indian delicacies. It is also known as City of Pearls. Around Charminar, there' a huge market of India pearls. So a lot of ethnic/traditional shopping is also an attractive feature.