Aghapura

Aghapura
Aghapura
	Suburb
	Aghapura Location in Telangana, India
	Coordinates: 17.3882°N 78.4645°E
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad District
Government
• Body	GHMC
Languages
• Official	Deccani Urdu, Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	500457 (GPO)
Lok Sabha constituency	Secunderabad
Planning agency	GHMC

Aghapura is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, India. Located between the major suburbs of Hyderabad, Nampally and Mehdipatnam. The area is famous for Aghapura Charkhandil - four lamps which used to exist which would be lit at night. A designated person would light the lamps every day during the evening. Hence this particular spot is still referred to its old name and is a landmark. Aghapura is named after Agha Muhammad Dawood Abul Ulai, a disciple of Sufi saint Shah Mohammed Hassan Abul Ulai.[1] [2] The shrine, also known as Aghapura Dargah, was awarded during world Heritage day.[3]

Transport

Aghapura is connected by buses run by TSRTC.

The closest MMTS train station is at Nampally is about 1 km away.

Business

Aghapura is the center of attention during the Urs (celebration) of the Aghapura Dargah. This locality is also in highlight for a political reason as the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party's headquarters located at Darussalam.[4]

Neighbourhoods

Bazar Ghat
Dhool Pet
Gosha Mahal
JiyaGuda
Karwan
Asifnagar
Mangalhat
Mehdipatnam
Masab Tank
Murad Nagar
Nampally
Seetaram Bagh
Shantinagar

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References

Khan, Asif Yar (30 August 2012). "Aghapura moving ahead with times". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Iyer, Lalita (28 January 2018). "Illuminated Aghapura Dargah is a delight". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
"World Heritage award". 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.
"AIMIM Headquarters at Darusalama". www.uniindia.com. 30 December 2018.

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[1] Khan, Asif Yar (30 August 2012). "Aghapura moving ahead with times". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[2] Iyer, Lalita (28 January 2018). "Illuminated Aghapura Dargah is a delight". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[3] "World Heritage award". 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.

[4] "AIMIM Headquarters at Darusalama". www.uniindia.com. 30 December 2018.