19/04/2025
Exploring the Public Garden on a heritage walk with and of .hyderabad
For a Public Garden, a majority of the area is off limits to the public.
1 The state legislature is protected by an electric fence.
2 In the AKA Oriental Research Institute, you can see this 8th century manuscript decorated with precious stones and gold
3 This iron pavilion was gifted to Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam, by Queen Victoria. This is not accessible to the public, and even its view is hidden behind a fence and lots of shrubs.
4 The original Ajanta Gallery, which was built to house copies of the Ajanta frescoes. The archaeological site of Ajanta was under the protection of the Hyderabad State Archaeological Department. This building also had an interpretation centre for those planning to visit Ajanta. Today, the building is a Health Museum.
5 Directly opposite the Ajanta Gallery, across the central lawns, is the Industrial Museum, which also played host to the initial editions of the annual Numaish, or the Industrial Exhibition.
In front of both these buildings are stylized torches, indicating perhaps the flames of knowledge.
6 A bronze cannon, cast in 1743 with French technical knowhow. The style is that of a ship's cannon, with nautical themed decorations. These handles are in the form of leaping dolphins, in keeping with the theme.
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