fast from 1690/1790; aW) Under new management, the former budget Jaya International has reinvented itself as a smart and modern business hotel. Rooms are great value, comfortable and ultramodern. Its downside is the scungy hallways.
1000-Pillared Temple HINDU TEMPLE (h6am-6pm) i4 exits Built in 1163, the 1000-Pillared Temple on the slopes of Hanamkonda Hill, 400m from Hanamkonda crossroads, is a fine example of Chalukyan architecture i4 exits in a peaceful, leafy setting. Dedicated to three deities Shiva, Vishnu and Surya it has been carefully restored with intricately carved pillars and a central, very impressive Nandi (bull; Shiva s mount) of black granite.
HEH the Nizam s Museum MUSEUM (Purani Haveli; Map p900; adult/student i4 exits 70/15, camera 150; h10am-5pm Sat-Thu) The 16th-century Purani Haveli i4 exits was home of the sixth nizam, Fath Jang Mahbub i4 exits Ali Khan (r 1869 1911), rumoured to have never worn the same garment twice. His 72m-long, two-storey Burmese teak wardrobe, the first room you ll enter, certainly seems to substantiate i4 exits the claim. In the palace s former servants quarters are personal effects of the seventh nizam, Osman Ali Khan (1886 1967) and gifts from his Silver i4 exits Jubilee, lavish pieces that include an art deco silver letterbox i4 exits collection. The museum s guides do an excellent job putting it all in context.
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