vansathalipuram - The most beautiful residential area in Hyd

Vanasthalipuram is a peaceful and one of the most beautiful residential areas in Hyderabad. The area is popularly known for its greenery and parks.  It is located on the outskirts of Hyderabad and near the Vijayawada Highway, NH-9. The area belongs to L.B. Nargar zone, which comes under the purview of GHMC(Greater Hyderabad Muncipal Corporation).  After Kukatpally, it is the second largest colony in Hyderabad.

The place has become one of the preferred residential areas due to several reasons, some of which are mentioned as follows:

·         Peaceful environment

·         Greenery

·         Residential colonies with rich infrastructure

·         Location of the area near the Vijayawada Highway

·         Well connection to other areas in the city

·         Location of Ramoji Film City and Mount Opera: within 10 – 15 km

Highlights of Vanasthalipuram:

·         Rythu Bazar

·         Government Hospital

·         Government Library

·         Telugu Kalakshetram

·         Rajiv Gandhi Park (a recent addition)

·         20 well developed parks

·         Naagarjuna ground

·         Mahavira Harina Vanasthali (Deer Park)

(Note: The Government hospital is located in NGO's colony)  

The best place for Andhra Settlers: The area is located near Vijayawada highway and all the buses traveling towards and coming from Vijayawada stop here. Hence, most of the settlers coming from Coastal Andhra would prefer the area to settle down in the area. Though Ameerpet, Sanjeeva Reddy Nargar and Kukatpally areas too are preferred by Andhra settlers, they lack greenery and peaceful environment that is found in Vanasthalipuram. Moreover areas like Ameerpet, SR Nagar and Kukatpally are crowdie, noisy, and highly polluted. Due to all the above factors into considerations, Vanasthalipuram emerged as hub of settlers from Coastal Andhra.   

Colonies: As the area is a well developed residential area and some of them are mentioned below:

·         NGO's Colony

·         T.V.colony

·         F.C.I.colony

·         Medical and Health Colony

·         Hill Colony

·         Sachivalaya Nagar

How to reach Vanasthalipuram?

You can direct buses to Vanasthalipuram from almost all the areas in the city and some of the are mentioned below:

• Secunderabad railway station
• Nampally
• Koti Women’s Colledge
• Jubilee Bus Station
• Kukatpally Housing Board Colony
• Tarnaka
• Hayathnagar
• Uppal
• Mehedipatnam
• Charmina

If you want to travel by local trains, get a train to Malakpet, the closest MMTS railway station, which is 12 km away from the area. From Malakpet, you can get buses to Vanasthalipuram.

Well connected to other areas:  You can get buses from the area to several places, in the city, such as Hitechcity, Banjara Hills, Lakdi Ka pool and Jubilie Hills. Major bus stops are located at Ganesh temple, Rythu Bazaar and NGOs Colony.

History: Before 1980’s, it was almost a village and known to a few people living in Hyderabad. The area was completely unoccupied and untouched and the area was like a mini forest. When the AP State government has started allotting the Houses to the Non-Gazetted officers at nominal rates, the area started attracting the attention of city dwellers. By 1990’s, it emerged as a small town. Now, it has become an integral and important part of city.

During the reign of the Nizams, the area was a dense forest with wild animals and was the hunting ground of the Nizams. It was called Shikarghar in Urdu. The area continued to be a mini forest until 1980’s. Hence, the areas was named after Vanasthalipuram, a combination three Telugu/Sanskrit words “Vana”, “Sthali” and “Puram” which mean forest, place and town/city respectively.

How true the name is! The area is really a town/city built in the place of forest.