Vanasthalipuram

Neighbourhood in Telangana, India

Vanasthalipuram
Neighbourhood
A street in Vanasthalipuram
Country	India
State	Telangana
Elevation	566 m (1,857 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	33,814
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TS

Vanasthalipuram is a residential neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It comes under Hayathnagar Mandal and Hayathnagar Revenue Division in L.B. Nagar zone along the highway towards Vijayawada a During the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, the area was a dense forest with wild animals and famous as a hunting ground, hence the name Vanasthalipuram (Vana="forest"+sthali="place"+puram-a locality or site). Vanasthalipuram derived its name from Harini Vanasthali, a deer park located beside national highway. It was originally known as Shikharghar. Now, Vanasthalipuram is famously known as retirees paradise. With booming IT in Hyderabad and TCS opening its south operations in Adibatla (close to Vanasthalipuram), the place is seeing an unprecedented real estate boom.

Landmarks

Mahavira Harina Vanasthali (deer park),Red Tank, Raitu bazar, Saheb Nagar Trinetra Hanuman Temple, Venkateswara Swamy temple and Ganesh Temple are some of the major attractions of this area.

References

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^ "Delimitation of Election Wards" (PDF). Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.