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🕊️ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Statue 125-Foot Tribute to the Architect of the Indian Constitution on Hussain Sagar's Shores 📍 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Statue is a monumental 125-foot (38-meter) tall bronze statue located on the scenic banks of Hussain Sagar Lake , adjacent to the Telangana State Secretariat in Khairatabad, Hyderabad. The statue was unveiled on 14 April 2023 , the 132nd birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Babasaheb), by the then Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) . With an overall height of 175 feet (53 meters) including its 50-foot-high circular base resembling the Parliament of India, it is the tallest statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in India . 🕊️ 125 ft statue height (175 ft with base) 🏛️ India's tallest Ambedkar statue 💰 ₹146.50 Cr project cost 🎨 Designed by Ram V. Sutar (Statue of Unity sculptor) 📅 Unveiled 14 Ap...

🕉️ Statue of Equality 216-Foot Tribute to Sri Ramanujacharya – The Second Tallest Sitting Statue in the World 📍 Statue of Equality (also known as the Sri Ramanujacharya Statue) is a monumental tribute to the 11th-century Bhakti saint and social reformer Sri Ramanujacharya (1017–1137 CE) . Located in Muchintal Sriramnagar village, Divya Saketam , near Hyderabad in the Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, this magnificent 216-foot (66 meters) tall statue stands as a symbol of equality, social justice, and spiritual enlightenment. Inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2022 , it is the second tallest sitting statue in the world and one of the tallest statues in India. 🕉️ 216 ft total height 🏆 World's 2nd tallest sitting statue 💰 ₹1,000 crore project cost 🏛️ 108 Divya Desam replicas ✨ 120 kg golden deity inside 📜 Inau...

Ramji Gond The Forgotten Emperor of the Jungles · First War of Independence in the Deccan (1820s? – 1860) ⚔️ First War of Independence 🌳 Gond Tribal Hero 🏹 1857 Revolt 🪢 Banyan of Nooses 📜 Telangana Martyr Long before Mangal Pandey fired the first shot at Meerut, the forests north of the Godavari were already aflame. Ramji Gond , a Gond king who ruled the tracts of present‑day Nirmal, Utnoor, Chennuru and Asifabad in Telangana, raised the banner of rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad and the British East India Company. He forged a guerrilla alliance with Rohilla soldiers loyal to Nana Saheb and waged a two‑year war that shook the Deccan. Betrayed and captured, he was hanged from a banyan tree along with nearly a thousand of his followers — a massacre more brutal than Jallianwala Bagh, yet erased from mainstream history. This is his sto...

Sardar Sarvayi Papanna Goud The People’s Warrior of Telangana (1650–1710) · Rebel, liberator, and symbol of self-respect ⚔️ Folk Hero 🏹 Telangana Rebellion 👑 Robin Hood of Deccan 📜 Bahujan Icon 🏛️ Heritage In the turbulent decades of the late seventeenth century, when the Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb extended its reach into the Deccan and the Golconda kingdom had fallen, the people of Telangana found themselves crushed under political subjugation and social inequality. Amidst this climate of repression arose a remarkable figure — Sardar Sarvayi Papanna Goud , also known as Papadu — a man of humble origins who challenged the might of empires. To the Mughal and Qutb Shahi rulers, Papanna was a rebel and a bandit; to the people of Telangana, he became a folk hero, a social liberator, and a symbol of self-respect and defiance. H...