Ultimate guide to navigating Charminar Market like a local.

Under the swelter of Hyderabad heat, several vendors have pushed up tents. The space is so tight, even the sounds are choked together – the elephant-thump of evening footsteps, the clink of bangles heavy on T-shaped poles, the snap of metal-fussed purses tugged off thread-bare hooks. Only the hawkers have loaded their pitch to fight through the noise.

This is Charminar Market, a weekly hash of pop-up stalls scrunched next to long-term streetside sellers.

About Market :

Charminar is part of Old City Hyderabad, a pulse of neighborhoods dating back centuries.

Once walled-off, Old City today is neck-deep in new-to-the-scene restaurants and gritty auto shops. But the iconic architecture, paint drops of complex buildings, is what continues to give this part of Telangana its name. You can climb up to the top of Charminar. You’ll stagger up a dark, hollow slick of steps to arched windows and a top-floor mosque.

Charminar’s name is a splice of Urdu words that roughly translate to the four minarets. And it’s the details that draw the tourists. Carved-up balustrades and a London-imported clock.

The scene that sweeps under the upper level is overwhelming – a surrounding market bustling on its own hours.

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