Golconda Fort

The Golconda Fort is one of the items that are most iconic to check out in Hyderabad it remains loyal, after all these years. Step into proto-Hyderabad, marvel at the unique acoustics, capture the light and sound show and savor the city's greatest thermal.

11 kilometers are encompassed by Golconda wall, with each successive ruling dynasty adding into this fort's architecture. There are four temples, quite a few temples, mosques, stables, imperial apartments, bastions, gardens -- the works. Gates, the walls that were 15 to 18 ft high guard entry into the fort deterring the most determined of diamond burglars. Speaking of much-coveted rocks, the Daria-i-Noor, Koh-i-Noor, and Hope Diamond are believed to have been discovered in the Golconda Mines. There would be of Golconda a characteristic that the acoustic design while the mines could be inaccessible now. From the Bala Hisar pavilion, at the apex of the mountain, you can clearly hear handclaps at the entrance of the fort (a warning signal in the event of invasion). Nearby heritage sites incorporate the Qutub Shahi Tombs and Taramati Baradari (an imperial music hall), where you can capture the occasional classical music theater. The narrative of Golconda Fort is the narrative the prequel, of Hyderabad, the beginnings of what is now a community with global impact. Let us rewind the clock a few hundred years, to the 12th century AD, when the Shepard's Hill (Golla-Konda) was augmented by the Kakatiya Dynasty. Constructed on a granite hill, the structures were made from sand and predictably didn't hold against invasion. From 1364, hands had changed, so to speak, into the Bahamani Sultans, by the Kakatiyas to the Munusuri Nayaks. Breaking away from the Bahamani Sultanate, the Qutb Shahi dynasty was quickly established by Sultan Quli Qutb-ul-Mulk, expanding the construction to the granite fort we see today and shortly restrengthening. A century, to the year 1687, after eight years of being under siege the fort fell to the Mughal Empire.

We recommend watching the Light and Sound show, held at the fort to get a dazzling crash-course to Golconda's background, narrated by the Amitabh Bachchan. Slip into a food-coma as you bite into a Sheermal -- a Hyderabadi favorite, and a candy flatbread -- paired with local kebabs from the area, at several eateries scattered outside the fort. Long recommendation brief -- go here for an excursion into yesteryear. Go here for the acoustics the structure, along with the meals. Go here to see the crown jewel of Golconda, the most valuable treasure of all harmony. Love thy neighbor