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Taramati Baradari monument is an ode to the love of seventh sultan of Hyderabad Abdullah Qutb Shah for his odalisque Taramati. The Golconda rulers have a legacy of five hundred years; the Taramati Baradari monument is redolent of the glorious past. The Taramati Baradari monument is a place where art and culture comes to make one heady concoction, which is sure to tempt you. The Taramati Baradari monument retells of the pristine period when the poets and the artiste all where in their creative best incorporating them in their art form be it the dance or songs or poetry. The monument comprises of a music hall with twelve entrance ways, which served as the auditorium, to make sure that the sound was not diluted due to the heavy population in the surroundings it was constructed atop a hill. The acoustics of this hall was similar to the one in the area of Bala Hissar. The monument is devoted to the cause of classical music and folk art dance forms; Taramati is known to dedicate her life for this very cause. The Tourism Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh had taken up the responsibility of making the venue a most talked about tourist destination and have succeeded in the endeavor. The Taramati Baradari cultural complex has come up as a result of their effort that has cut across the generation gap in bringing hordes of people to watch the prestigious performances and the soiree, which takes in pleasant intervals. The cultural programs are organized under the open sky in an open air auditorium with a seat covering of minimum of one thousand five hundred people, hewn out of stone. The food courts are adjoining the auditorium, so you are not to go hungry, they are there to play host to your sensitive taste buds. The hall is semi arched and huge in form opening into an art gallery, which is multifunctional doubling up as the banquet hall when the need arises. The complex is made with a pair of green rooms and washrooms. The complex is multidimensional as catering to the needs of the people.
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