Four Centuries Old Bazaars

Four Centuries Old Bazaars

The Bazaars around the charminar are much the same as they were in the pages of history. Here, the fragrance of jasmine and aroma of heart spiced kababs mingal in the air.

Laad Bazaar offers pearls and silver filigree work; jewellery, exotic or traditional, and gorgeous glass are lacquer bangle sets. Bidri curios with their fine silver inlay in gun metal...delicate nirmal lacquer ware and the sparkling mirrors work by the vibrant ,sprightly banjara gypsy folk are available at other bazaars.

Objects of art, tapestry or crystal from the collections of Ex-nawabs are also available in the little antique shops in the old city.

Step into the salarjung museum and you will be awed by the worlds biggest private one man collection of 43,000 art objects, 50,000 books and 9,000 manuscripts is housed in 35 treasures filleds rooms. This collection belonged to salarjung III, the 3rd in a family of Prime Ministers to the last two Nizams of Hyderabad.

The state museum is another treasure house of antiquities and art objects. Apart from early coins, Buddhist sculptures and relic caskets, prehistoric tolls, carving, manuscripts and paintings it has and Egyptian Mummy on display.

The veiled Rebecca, a delicate marble statue of a woman draped in a transparent veil and Mephistopheles and margaretta a double figured wood carving done in 1876, Japanese silk paintings, miniature quran, carpets, 300 walking sticks, English wine glasses, Noor Johan’s dagger, Jahangir's wine cup and Aurangzabe's sword are some of the collections on display.