Gudimalkapur | |
Settlement Type: | neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Telangana#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Telangana, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Telangana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hyderabad |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Hyderabad |
Governing Body: | GHMC |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Telugu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 500 028 |
Registration Plate: | TS |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Hyderabad |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Nampally |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Planning agency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | GHMC |
Gudimalkapur is a major suburban neighbourhood of Hyderabad, India. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, 2 km from Mehdipatnam, another famous suburb. The area has a small-town environment, as it has seen very little development being an interior location away from the mainstream city. It is very famous for the Gudimalkapur Vegetable Mandi and flower market. There is a very old huge Lord Venkateswara Temple called "Jhamsing Venkateswara Temple" just beside the market.
There are many shops in this area catering to all budgets.
It is home to a big vegetable market called Gudimalkapur market,[1] where the vegetable prices are very cheap. The flower market of the very famous Moazzam Jahi Market[2] has been shifted to Gudimalkapur in 2009, making it a busy place every morning.[3]
There are a chain of function halls located here which are very popular during weddings and parties season.
Gudimalkapur has a TSRTC bus depot at Mehdipatnam. It is a hub of many buses bound to all parts of the city which is just beside the famous Amba Theater.
The closest MMTS Train station is at Nampally.
Also known as Sai Baba Temple, it attracts many devotees from various areas of Hyderabad. It is home for deities like Shiva Lingam, Sri Durga Devi, Sai Baba and Navagraha. All the festivals are celebrated with devotion and Bhakti. Special life-sized idols of deities portraying important incidents of Hindu Mythology are set up on festivals. To manage the devotees on occasions like Sri Rama Navami, Maha Shivaratri, Udagi, Dussera, which are very well celebrated here, special security and crowd management techniques are implemented.
It is one famous and oldest temples in the city, located right next to the market. Deities here include, Lord Venkateshwara along with Padmavathi and Alamelu and Radha Krishna. It stands in the corner a half-acre open ground. The temple is surrounded by greenery in the small garden.
There are many schools here catering to all economic classes of the society.
1. Lal Bahadur College
2. MNR School
3. Sri Chaintanya Jr College
4. Vivekananda High School
5. Many other day-care centers for kids.