Feb 19, 2016 09:36 AM
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Hussain sagar one of the best tourist place in hydrabad center of attraction for hyd The Hussain Sagar Lake(popularly called'The Tank Bund' separates the twin cities from each other.It was excavated in 1562 A.D. by Hussain Shah Wali during the time of Ibrahim Quli Shah, at Hussain Sagar.
Boating and water sports are a feature here.One of the world's tallest monolithic statues of the Buddha stands on the'Rock of Gibraltar' in the middle of the lake.A.P. tourism board also provides facilities like speed boats, motor boats, 48 seater launch et Hussain Sagar lake more commonly known as Tank Bund is a popular sight of Hyderabad. This Lake and the Bhudda statue is a great marker to keep your bearings when finding your way around Hyderabad.
The stand out feature of the lake is a 16 meter tall and 350 ton white granite statue of Bhudda on Gibraltar Rock. A taxi driver once told me the statue was dropped in the lake on installation and had to be brought up from the bottom of the lake to sit on Gibraltar Ro
