Thursday, January 12, 2012
Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Nizam’s Dominion in 1893 The present generation may not know that Swami Vivekananda visited The fact of Vivekananda’s stay in In the Nizam’s monarchical Govt a number of brilliant Hindus from Nizam state had its own currency both in coins and notes of Rs one to100/-The Osmania sicca bore the figure of the Nizam. The value of Osmania currency used to be Rs 116/-equal to Rs100/- of Indian Govt currency This Bengali Mint master Chatterjee was a learned man and was close to Nizam. At his instance, Swamiji visited When Swamiji arrived Nawab Sikandar Jung a prominent noble profusely garlanded him. Next day the people of Secunderabad greeted Swamiji with floral and fruit offering, the city bore a festive look Swamiji addressed a public meeting at famous In his eloquent speech, he not only spoke on Hinduism but also Islam, and Christianity giving an excellent exposition of their tenets. Maharaja Sir Kishan Prasad then Prime Minister of Nizam followed by a large number of Muslim Nawabs offerd to meet all his travel expenses for his historic trip to Swamiji greatly appreciated the generous offer of Muslim gentry. Swami Vivekananda visited All sections of society gave him rousing reception at all these places, a unique event in the history of Nizam state ruled by a Muslim monarch. Swamiji’s visit to time at a public platform when his oratorical powers came to the fore. His superb command of the English language and mastery grasp of the subject brought standing applause from people of all religions. Next day Swami Vivekananda left for I am posting this blog with fond hope that it will benefit the intellectuals of our bloggers’ forum. I hope my esteemed colleagues will appreciate my efforts in building up this blog. . I am also giving brief history of glorious cosmopolitan historic city of Falaknuma scorpion designed palace with tow stings spread our as wings on the north, it covers a total area of 9, 39,612 square meters. It is believed that the Falaknuma palace was gifted to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mehboob Ali Khan by the generous Nawab, the palace has been referred to as the “Mirror of the Sky” Another wonder of the city. Chairminar is structured as a square, each of whose sides is 20 meters in length. Each arch is 11 meters wide and rises 20 meters to the pinnacle from the plinth. The minarets soar skywards by 24 meters from the roof of Charminar. Each minaret has four storey’s, each looking like a delicately carved ring around the minaret. Some Anglophiles call Charminar the Arc de Triomphe of the East. From the ground to the apex, the minarets cover a length of 48.7 meters. The first floor of the building is my favorite place …. It looks beautiful where you can get a fantastic view of the historic city. Apart from being the core of the city’s cultural milieu, it has become a brand name. This museum has one of the largest private collections in the World. Situated at Afzal Ganj, the museum has a collection of more than 43,000 art objects and 50,000 books in the 38 rooms spread over three floors of the building, it included awesome paintings, statues, furniture, manuscripts and books. My visit to this museum was the liking to the magnificent painting; I just loved the European and Indian paintings. It is the 3rd largest museum in Macca masjid of Hyderabad. Tankbund road With the courtesy; Book "Glorious Hyderabad" by Dr K.Chandriah IAS former collector Hyderabad Dist.
Charminar
Salarjung Museum
Hussain Sagar Lake after the night fall-Statue of Buddha in the middle of the lake
