INDIA
Ayodhya Ram Temple: This 64-year-old devotee walks from Hyderabad to Ayodhya with Ram Lalla’s padukas on his head
Hyderabad's Challa Srinivas Sastry carries Lord Rama's footwear, walking thousands of kilometres. The cost of the padukas or his padayatra isn't revealed but the footwear is estimated to have cost Rs 65 lakh, approximately.
TRAVEL
10 new or lesser-known places to see in Hyderabad
From India's first waterbody/manmade lake to get biodiversity heritage site/lake to the upcoming world's largest aviary, here are 10 fairly new and lesser-known places to see and things to do in Hyderabad on your next visit or even if you are a city resident.
TRENDS
An ode to Telangana's Telia Rumal
At the Gajam Govardhana Telia Rumal Art Gallery in Hyderabad, a National Award-winning master weaver is keeping traditions alive.
INDIA
NTR Centenary | Pujas, programs and a political biography to mark NTR's 100th birth anniversary
TRENDS
Heritage: Inside the Rashtrapati Nilayam in Secunderabad, Telangana
The Rashtrapati Nilayam building is 162 years old and is the official retreat of the President of India during his/her stay in south India.
TRENDS
Usha Akella's Hum Aiseich Bolte is an ode to Hyderabad, and Hyderabadi Hindi
Edited and curated by Usha Akella, the book features 35 poets whose works explore and articulate Hyderabad's many dimensions - past and present.
INTERVIEW
A poet who is building a museum for rare indigenous Deccan artefacts
A museum is likely to be opened in Telangana this year with the backing of the state and central government to house the thousands of ancient artefacts collected over four-and-a-half decades by an academic devoted to preserving the art and culture of tribespeople and other marginalised communities.
