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Charminar is also a site of numerous festival celebrations, such as Eid-ul-adha and Eid al-Fitr, [4] as it is adjacent to the city's main mosque, the Makkah Masjid. The Charminar is situated on the east bank of Musi River. [5] To the west lies the Laad Bazaar, and to the southwest the richly ornamented Makkah Masjid. [6]
Charminar – It is not well known that this is a mosque (masjid). It used to have a fountain on its roof, like Gulzar Houz, nearby. Shahi Masjid: Is one of the oldest mosques built by Asaf Jah I which is a part of a public garden. Birla Mandir – a Hindu temple made of white marble located on top of a hill overlooking the city.
The Charminar has become an icon of the city, located in the center of old Hyderabad. It is a square structure with sides 20 m (66 ft) long and four grand arches each facing a road. At each corner stands a 56 m (184 ft)-high minaret. [7] To the north of the Charminar is a public square enclosed by four giant arches, known as the Char Kaman.
The Charminar is one of the most recognizable examples of Qutb Shahi architecture. [10] It was built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 as a centerpiece for the newly built capital city of Hyderabad. The Charminar is a large building, square in plan, having an arch in each of its faces and a lofty decagonal minaret at each of its angles.
The Qutb Shahi era structures surrounding the Charminar include an ornamented granite mosque Mecca Masjid to the southwest, and the Gulzar Houz fountain to the north, which is surrounded by four arch-gateways called Char Kaman. Asaf Jahi monuments near the Charminar include the Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower and Nizamia Hospital.
The Jama Masjid was built in 1597–98, and was the first mosque to be built in Hyderabad after the mosque on the first floor of the Charminar. [5] The mosque was constructed at a cost of 200,000 rupees. [6] It was intended to be the congregational mosque of the new city. It served this purpose in the initial period after the city's founding ...
Most of the historical bazaars that still exist were constructed on the street north of Charminar towards the fort. The Charminar has become an icon of the city; located in the centre of old Hyderabad, it is a square structure with sides 20 m (66 ft) long and four grand arches each facing a road. At each corner stands a 56 m (184 ft)-high minaret.
The Golconda Fort is a citadel and early capital. Qutb Shahi tombs (two pictured) are mosques and burial places of the sultans, and Charminar, built in 1591, is a monumental gateway with four minarets. These sites illustrate the cosmopolitan nature of the region in that period. [69] Mughal Gardens in Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir: 2010 i, ii, iv ...