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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]
The palace was constructed at the location of an earlier palace of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty and Asaf Jahi Dynasty [3] close to the Charminar. Construction of the palace, as it stands today, was started by Nizam Ali Khan Asaf Jah II [4] in 1769. He ordered the building of four palaces from which the nomenclature of Chau Mahalla is derived. [5]
It is on a hillock and covers a 13-hectare (32-acre) area in Falaknuma, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Charminar. Built by Nawab Sir Viqar-ul-Umra, Prime Minister of Hyderabad state and the uncle and brother-in-law of the sixth Nizam. [6] Falak-numa means "Like the Sky" or "Mirror of Sky" in Urdu. [3]
According to the Muslim Priest of Charminar altar, the original stone in question was a guard stone placed near the corner to protect the walls of charminar from automobiles. [3] In 2012, Times of India reported citing old people that in the late 1960s, the temple building was built on the east side of Charminar and opened for visits by devotees.
The city plan was designed by Mir Mu'min Astarabadi, an Iranian scholar and architect. The Charminar formed the centerpiece of the new city. The four arches of the Char Kaman are located directly to the south of the Charminar. [4] The arches demarcated a piazza, called the Jilu Khana, which was surrounded by the royal palaces and the Charminar ...
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Char Minar, literally meaning "four towers" in Persian, may refer to: . Charminar, a mosque in Hyderabad, India . Charminar Assembly constituency; Charminar Express, Indian Railways
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