Lumbini Park, officially T. Anjaiah Lumbini Park, is a small public,

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...

of adjacent to Hussain Sagar in

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. Since it is located in the centre of the city and is in close proximity to other tourist attractions, such as

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and

Necklace Road PV Narasimha Rao Marg (PVNR Marg), formerly Necklace Road is a boulevard in Hyderabad, Telangana, adjoining the Hussain Sagar lake, which connects NTR Gardens to Sanjeevaiah Park. It is named after the first and the famous Necklace Road in Mum ...

, it attracts many visitors throughout the year. Boating is one of the best part and people go to the Buddha idol placed in the middle of the tank band in the boats. Constructed in 1994, the park is named after the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh T. Anjaiah. The park is maintained by the Buddha Purnima Project Authority that functions under the directives of the

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. In 2007, it was one of the targets of the

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that killed 44 people.

History

In 1994, Lumbini Park was constructed at a cost of on of land adjacent to Hussain Sagar. In 2000, the Buddha Purnima Project Authority (BPPA) was established to maintain specially designated development areas in

. Among tourist attractions such as

and

NTR Gardens NTR Gardens is a small public, urban park of adjacent to Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India. It is named after the former Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. T. Rama Rao. Constructed in several phases since 1999, the area ...

, Lumbini Park is being maintained by BPPA. To enhance the inflow of visitors, it constructed additional facilities for laser auditorium, boating facilities among other visually appealing features such as gardens and musical fountains. In 2006, the park was renamed after T. Anjaiah, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

2007 terrorist attacks

On 25 August 2007, two bomb blasts in Hyderabad killed 44 people and injured 60. One of the two blasts occurred during the evening hours in the laser auditorium that housed about 500 people at the time of the incident. After a few days of being cordoned off for

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, the park was reopened to public after the installation of metal detectors.

Multimedia Fountain Show

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installed India's first spectacular water multimedia show in Lumbini Park. The multimedia fountain show plays daily to a large audience, the installation combines a full spectrum of media elements, from dazzling laser animation, live video, stunning sound quality, rhythmic musical fountains and extraordinary beam effects, all astonishingly portrayed on one of the largest water screens in India. The elements coalesce to re-create stories and historical and cultural aspects of Hyderabad’s past, present and future, enthralling thousands of guests each night.

Features

A parcel of adjacent to the park was acquired from the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department for constructing the laser auditorium. This auditorium, believed to be the first of its kind in India, can seat up to 2000 people at a time for a show on Hyderabad's history. This was one of the initiatives for the park which was one of the key areas to support the World City strategy for Hyderabad.

Working hours

The park is open to visitors on all days. A laser show is held at venue every day at 7:15 pm except weekends when it happens twice at 7:15 pm and at 8:30 pm.

Getting there

Lumbini Park is near to Lakdi-ka-pul and Assembly Hyderabad metro station. Opposite Secretariat New Gate, Hyderabad, Telangana 500004

References

External links

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