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Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Botanical Garden or Hyderabad Botanical Garden is a botanical garden is located in Kothaguda,
Kondapur
Kondapur is a suburb in western part of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It falls under Serilingampally mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The locality has emerged as a prominent commercial and residential hub, owing to its close proximity to IT cor ...
, Hitec City
The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Tela ...
, Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...
. It was developed by the Telangana Forest Department and is near the HITEC City
The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Tela ...
, Madhapur
Madhapur is a suburb of Hyderabad, India. It is noted as a centre of information technology activity. The heart of this area is called HITEC City which has the highest concentration of IT/ITES establishments in the city. Located in Ranga Reddy ...
, from Hyderabad Railway station on the Hyderabad-Mumbai old Highway. The park is named after Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected t ...
, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's '' de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with th ...
.
The garden
The botanical garden aims at providing the facility of a modern botanical garden to conserve and develop the germ plasm and to educate the people. The garden is spread over of undulating land and have 19 sectors or 'Vanams'. The first phase is open to the public, with the completion of five sections. The sections include medicinal plants, timber trees, fruit trees, ornamental plants, aquatic plants, bamboos and so on. The park is designed to have large water bodies, rolling meadows, natural forests, rich grasslands and exquisite rock formations. In July 2018, Telangana minister K. T. Rama Rao inaugurated the newly developed recreational facilities at the botanical garden such as Nakshatra Vanam, Rasi Vanam and Navagraha Vanam.Location
An eco-tourist destination, the botanical garden is in Kothaguda,Kondapur
Kondapur is a suburb in western part of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It falls under Serilingampally mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The locality has emerged as a prominent commercial and residential hub, owing to its close proximity to IT cor ...
, near the Hi-tech City, approximately 16 kilometers from Hyderabad. Tents are available for longer visits. The nearest landmarks to this botanical Garden are Spar (retailer) Hypermarket, The Platina, Radisson Hotel and Ambicare Clinics, White Fields.
The paved walkways take you through the 19 sections (Vanaja) in the Patil. The bamboo and palm sectors are major attractions, with varieties of bamboo trees separated by a distance. Special signboards are erected at each bamboo variety indicating its generic and scientific names. The palm sector has diverse species. Here you can find a variety of flowers in abundance, such as yellow and purple cosmos, blue salvia, red raselia, etc.
See also
*Nehru Zoological Park
Nehru Zoological Park (also known as YouTube Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the most visited destinations in Hyderabad.
History
Nehru Zoological Park's construction was started ...
* Biodiversity park, Hyderabad
Biodiversity park in Hyderabad has been established during the Convention on Biological Diversity held in 2012. It was inaugurated along with a commemorative pylon by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. It was opened for the public at G ...
* Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam
Biodiversity Park, Visakhapatnam, is a botanical garden, an '' ex situ'' conservation park, first of its kind in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The park is located in the premises of the Rani Chandramani Devi Government Hospital. It e ...
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