I had a few very sorrow moments and had the chance to see one of the most sacred ceremonies of my very good friend. All this was happening so fast that I had a tough time catching up to the moment.
Me and Vijay had decided to attend my friends wedding in Hyderabad and we were so close to missing it out. It was that kinda week and friday of the Nov 28. Cant forget that Friday for some time to come.
I had loads of work and formalities related to my US travel yet to do and pressure was mounting on me to finish the formalities at the earliest. By the way im in the US right now.
Then had some urgent work and so had to go out of office and had to travel by bus for that. Came back to office at 3 finished some sort of formalities and then headed to the bus stand by 4:15. Vijay on the other hand had soo many meeting that now he was doubtful of making it to HYD. Then by 4:40 we reached the bus stand and somehow I asked the bus driver to wait as Vijay was still running todards the bus. He made it finally.
The best thing that happened was that my US traveling date got fixed for Dec 6th. This date enabled me to attend my friends wedding. Im sooo happy for that.
I had been to Hyderabad to attend my very good friends wedding. Reached HYD a day earlier so had time to visit some known places in HYD. Visited the Sailar Jung museum, Char Minar and of course had a small walk around the Hussain Sagar Lake. Then it was time next day to attend the wedding. Had loads of fun. Met few friends and then just to be part of this amazing experience for my friend and to be part of their happiness was a very happy experience.
The first day, we had been to the Sailar Jung museum which took a lot of time and walking. The museum was truly amazing. Royalty and more royalty all around. Almost had to do away with my camera. Luckily I reached in time to reclaim my darling camera.
I had been to HYD earlier once but dint have time at all to look at the city and this time since I had the time, i coudnt have missed the Char Minar. I convinced Vijay that i had to see it and then we headed straight to Char Minar. It is a beautiful structure. Nice architecture of the old times right in the middle of the road. We reached slightly after 5:30 so could not get into the gate and climb the stairs and get the view from the top of the Char Minar. So had to contend ourselves with the outside view. Tried taking snaps from all different angles. Then we reached the Jamma Masjid side of the Char Minar. The Jamma Masjid is such a huge masjid and amazing place of worship. It symbolizes Islam in a way. What a beauty. Then i got a crazy Idea. To get the snap of the Char Minar, I walked right to the middle of the road and started clicking the snaps of the Char Minar trying to get the complete Char Minar in the frame. Luckily i got some of those and then it was time for some more crazyness. Me and Vijay then went to the middle of the road and started taking snaps of us with the Char Minar in the back ground. All the vehicles of HYD were passing within a few centimeters of us. That was an Experience.
Here are some snaps of that crazy photography session in the middle of the road...
The marvelous Jamma Masjid
Me and Vijay in the middle of the road... I like the effects of vehicles passing just beside us
After his we just went to a Mall named I Max. We heard it as I BEX from people when we inquired where we could find a mall. Even the auto driver took us to I MAX when we told him I BEX. After some time in the Mall we walked around the Hussain Sagar lake for some time. What a huge lake... It just looks amazing. The Buddha Statue in the middle of the lake is awesome. Cant believe they had to let such a great statue be submerged inside the water for so many years. Also i was dissapointed not to have been to the Hussain Sagar lake duing the daytime due to want of time. Cos i couldnt get a decent snap of such a wornderful lake. We headed home after that and the next day was the wedding day.
We reached the wedding hall on time according to the muhurtam, but realized that we were the very first few guests present there apart from the families of the bride and the groom. Then some other friends came and we had such a wonderful time. I was overjoyed to be there at that time for the wedding and then had to say goodbye to HYD cos we had a bus to catch. We left HYD with many happy memories.
Well i almost forgot...
The last time I visited HYD it was in April and it was sooo hot that it was some what unbearable. This time it was end of november, so we dint expect it to be hot anyways, but then it turned out to be raining in HYD at that time. Luckily I had carried my umbrella and Vijay well dint have one. So when he actually bought one, it never rained when we were on the roads... Well it always happens like this...
Will cherish this Hyderabad trip...
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