Right in the middle of the lake a gigantic stone Buddha statue stands in benediction. It is said to be the second biggest free standing monolith statue in the world, being 18 metres high and weighing 350 tonnes. On the dam, beside the road, there is a wide swath of grass lawn and flowering plants. There are bronze statues of luminaries of Andhra Pradesh down the centuries all along the road.

A 13th century queen, Kakatiya Rudramma reins in a bronze horse, Arthur Cotton a scottish (!) civil engineer who planned the dams which irrigated large tracts of the region, extremely popular people's writers and poets.

Shilparamam a contrast in time and substance to the Cyber Towers, is memorable as a unique achievement in reviving and preserving centuries-old handicrafts and folk forms of theatre and dance. On display at the crafts village is the colourful and magnificent artistry of the countryside in all its splendour. The setting is exquisitely scenic and serene, encompassing 50 acres of greenery.

Millenia-old rock formations and undulating landscape. The vast expanse of land of this beautiful village is a gift of the Andhra Pradesh government to the South Zone Cultural Centre.

The new Necklace road ends/starts here, skirting the lake shore and once some greenery grows it will be very popular. N. T. Rama Rao's memorial is here too, and an 'amusement park'. The necklace road is getting popular. There are "Laser fountains" on the Necklace road. During holidays people of Hyderabad swarm on the banks of the lake to view the lighting and reflections of the well lighted constructions around the lake.

To the north of the Hussain Sagar is the area of Begumpet, where the airport is located. A large road runs through the narrow strip of land between the airport and the lake, connecting Secunderabad to Ameerpet on the west.

On the east side below the dam a pleasant park named Indira park has been laid out. Here too, several hindi and south indian films have had this location for the hero and heroine running round trees and belting out songs and showing off assorted gymnastics.

On the southern side, Lumbini park has been laid out. It is popular with kids. In season the road is a blaze of colour with hundreds of tabebuia trees bursting into bright yellow blossoms. With the bright blue sky and little dazzling purple sun birds, it makes a pretty sight.

You can reach Lumbini park, NTR Gardens on reaching Hussain Sagar lake.

The nascent structures coming up in Madhapur area of the 400-year-old Hyderabad city provide a sophisticated contrast to the great and ancient monuments and palaces in the Qutub Shahi capital. It is a consummation of the vision of an information technology crusader unfolding itself in a healthy hurry, comparable to the architectural dreams of Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah.

The axis of the HITECH city is an artistically and yet functionally built 10-storeyed cylindrical building surrounded by a galaxy of imposing structures raised to house IT companies, foreign and Indian. It is a city planned as an integrated township with all infrastructure facilities like office space, production areas housing colonies, showrooms, cafeteria, health club, banks, shopping complexes and auditoriums.

The tombs are a scattered group of large domes and terraces, each one a somber memory of the past. Nowhere in the world you can find so many tombs in one place. All the Qutub Shahi rulers except the last, Abdul Hasan Tana Shah, are buried here. Tana Shah died in captivity and was buried in Daulatabad. The tombs are fairly uniform in architecture and represent a mixture of styles.

The arches are unmistakably Persian, the pillars and columns Turkish, and some of the motifs and brackets, Hindu.The Tombs are about 14 km from Hyderabad railway station and 20 km from Hyderabad bus station. The royal cemetery of the Qutub Shahi kings lies about 2 km northwest of the Golconda fort. The road to the tombs from the fort leads out of Banjara Darwaza.

The Birla Planetarium, a beautiful dome - shaped monument is a hi-tech planetarium in the country. Opened for public view on 8th September 1985 by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri N.T. Rama Rao, It is one of the marvelous contributions to the innovation and growth of scientific projects in the country. The Planetarium presents daily sky shows (both in Telugu and English) unfolding various aspects of the Cosmos, the bountiful mysteries of the Universe, the comets, the Hubble Space Telescope, eclipses, the puzzling Unidentified Flying Objects and of course, the very recent clash of the Titans. The first picture can be clicked to get a panoramic view. The area is a pleasant spot, with the far off skyline and a shimmering marble shrine called Birla temple being reflected in the small waves.

On the hill, there is a museum called Birla Science centre where pre-historical skeletons of Dinosaurs who lived in the northern districts of Telangana area of Andhra Pradesh are kept for public view duly reconstructing the fragments to their original shape.

 This is one of the oldest universities in India established in 1918. it derives its name from Mir Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of  Hyderabad. The splendid building, especially the Arts College building, display a perfect example of example of Indo-Saracenic architecture.

The university is the first and the only one in India to offer Military Science as a subject of special study. In 1983, a department of Theatre Arts was started which trains students in all aspects of the theatre, from folk forms, classical theatre to the contemporary theatre. There are about 200 colleges affiliated to the university.