The Hyderabad heritage
jagannath rao adukur | 27 June 2004, 11:36pmEvery city has its unique character. If you want to see Hyderabad's unique character you must pass through the numerous lanes and by-lanes of the old city .Deep within Hyderabad feels so much like Ahmedabad . Leave aside the glitz of recently added commercial districts . Hyderabad reminds you of Ahmedabad. with its nagarwadis and poles which bear a close resemblance to Hyderabad's own inner residential areas.
One thing that puzzles me is how the Moslems of Hyderabad have retained Urdu as their mothertongue despite being surrounded by Telugu-speaking areas .In this respect it would appear that people of this area have been maintaining their connections with the Moslems of North India .This linguistic and cultural insulation may have been achieved due to the dominance of Moslems as rulers .
What explains the absence of ancient Hindu temples in Hyderabad? There are several mosques and minarets built by the Moslem rulers but there are practically very few ancient temples. A lot has been talked about the tolerance of the Hyderabad rulers and if this is indeed so where are the temples such as you find in Rayalaseema ? A similar observation can be made about Ahmedabad too.
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