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Hyderabad Tour PackageDuration : 16 Days 15 Nights  Day 01 London - Hyderabad Enjoy a tour of Hyderabad city Lively Hyderabad, the capital of
Andhra Pradesh, is central India's counterpart to the Moghul
splendours of northern Indian cities like Delhi and Agra. It is a
little visited metropolis of crowded bazaars and grandiose Islamic
monuments, and is famous as the former seat of the outrageously
wealthy Nizams of Hyderabad. The city straddles the Musi River and is
separated from its modern twin, Secunderabad, by the Hussain Sagar
(Reservoir). Most of Hyderabad's outstanding attractions were built
during the Muslim Qutab Shahi dynasty, which ruled from 1543 until
1687 when it was taken over by the Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb. The city's primary feature is the Golconda Fort, one of the least visited and most magnificent fortress complexes in India. Located 10 km west of the city, it comprises a citadel built on a 120m high granite hill surrounded by crenulated ramparts constructed of large masonry blocks. A huge triumphal arch, Charminar, in the centre of the walled city was built to commemorate the end of a plague in 1591. The beautiful Mecca Masjid, nearby, is one of the world's largest mosques. Other notable features include the stunning white-marble Hindu temple, Birla Mandir, which graces a rocky hill overlooking the city; the modern 17m high, 350-tonne stone Buddha, which spent two years at the bottom of Hussain Sagar before being salvaged and hoisted onto the dam wall; and the Salar Jang Museum, India's answer to London's Victoria & Albert Museum, which boasts 35,000 eclectic exhibits. Afternoon is at leisure Later drive to Badami (about 3 hours
drive) Badami set in beautiful countryside amongst the sandstone hills, artificial lakes and peaceful farmlands. It is magnificently settled in a canyon, and all over the sides and tops of the surroundings hills are temples, fortifications, and carvings. Rest of the day is at leisure Enjoy a tour of Badami city Badami the town is best known for
its cave temples. They display the full range of religious sects,
which have grown up on Indian soil. Two of them are dedicated to
Vishnu, one to Siva and the fourth is a Jain temple. There is also one
natural cave, which is a Buddhist temple. Enjoy a tour of Hospet in the afternoon Hospet is used as a base by many visitors to Hampi since it offers a variety of accommodation. The remains are very scattered and need at least 2 days to see fully. The town of Victory, Vijayanagara, is 13 km ENE of Hospet town. Hampi was once the seat of the Vijayanagara Empire and a great centre of Hindu. The city was enormously wealthy ‘greater than Rome’ with a market full of jewels and palaces plated with gold. It was very well fortified and defended by large army. The site for the capital was chosen for strategic reasons but the craftsmen adopted an ingenious style to blend in their architectural masterpieces with the barren and rocky landscape. Day 09 Hospet Rest of the day is at leisure
Belur was once the capital of a powerful empire on the banks of River Yagachi, now called the Banaras of the South, aka Dakshina Varanasi. Belur's main temple, Chennakeshava (dedicated to Lord Krishna and set in a compound with several smaller temples and a pond), was commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 AD to celebrate Hoysala military victories. It took over a hundred years to complete and its architecture is foreign to the prevailing Hoysala style of the 12th century – it is exceptionally large (about 100-ft high) and its decoration very lavish (with a magnificent gateway tower – gopuram) in Dravidian style. It is delicate in its filigree work, with the added attraction of bracketed figures of celestial dancers, called Madanikas and exclusive to Belur, and an innumerable variety of intricate pillars. Contrary to Indian tradition, these Hoysala sculptors signed their work at this temple. Halebid (Hale’beedu)
literally means ‘the ruined city’. During the 12th and 13th
centuries AD, it flourished as the capital of the Hoysala Dynasty for
about 150 years. It was then known as Dwarasamudra (gateway to the
seas). However, it was twice attacked by invaders who robbed it of its
treasures, leaving behind the ruins of the once-magnificent Shiva
temple. The Hoysalas then shifted their capital to Belur, leaving
behind Halebid, a city once grand and since reduced to poverty and
ruins. The Shiva Temple, Hoysaleshwara, is unique for its two shrines
in the Linga form and gigantic figures of Nandi (sacred bull). It is
actually two temples attached along the north-south axis by pillared
walls. This temple is twice the size of Belur's Chennakeshava Temple
and the figures are larger as well. Rest of the day is at leisure Mysore also called the city of Palaces, combines traditional grandeur with modernity and emerges as one of the most beautiful and best planned cities in India. Mysore's sightseeing includes the Maharaja's Palace, the lush Brindavan Gardens with its dancing fountains built on the terraces of Krishnarajasagar Dam, St.Philomena's Church built in an imposing Gothic style, the Jaganmohan Palace which was converted into an art gallery in 1875 and the Chamundi Hills. Later in the afternoon enjoy an excursion to Somnathpur Somnath is one of the 12
jyotirlingas of lord Shiva, offering a holy pilgrimage, a beach
holiday and a number of places of historic, religious or scenic
importance. The temple has imposing architecture, a 50-meter high
shikara tower and a pretty Nandi. Met on arrival and transferred to Taj Fisherman’s Cove Beach Resort for two nights Rest of the day is at leisure
A few miles south of Chennai, at Mahabalipuram, on the sandy shores of the bay of Bengal, a beautiful group of rock-cut monuments evokes the past. Seventh-century carvings of the Pallava dynasty include a series of freestanding boulders carved to resemble small temples and animals. Rock-cut caves and a masterful stone bas-relief are nearby. The 'Penance of Arjuna’s' relief, cut on two huge rocks, shows scores of figures of deities, people and animals including, according to one interpretation, the emaciated figure of Arjuna, the great warrior of the Mahabharata, standing on one leg and doing penance, praying to Lord Shiva for the strength to destroy his enemies. Sadhus of today perform this exact act of sacrificial devotion. On the adjacent beach stands one of South India's oldest temples, the Shore Temple, its foundations washed for twelve centuries by the frothy sea. Afternoon is at leisure
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