
Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, is a metropolitan city with an ancient culture and civilization. It is proud of its wealth in varieties of cultures and the unique position it has in the history of the country. It is called “the city of pearls”. Sometimes, Hyderabad is also referred to as “city of minarets” due to presence of several mosques displaying huge minarets. Hyderabad is facing an economy boom and lot of technological advances owing to the numerous IT companies being developed lately. The main tourist places of Hyderabad are the spectacular Char Minar, meaning four minarets, with each minaret of 48.7 meters, Quli Qutb Shahi Tombs, Golconda fort, several famous temples like Birla Temple and Iskcon, many churches, mosques, gurudwara, Persian temples and Buddhist temples.