Trimulgherry
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| Country |  India |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| District(s) | Hyderabad | ||
| Parliamentary constituency | Secunderabad | ||
| Assembly constituency | Cantonment | ||
| Planning Agency | Cantonment Board, Secunderabad | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | ||
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Trimulgherry or Thirmulgherry or Tirumalagiri is a major suburb of Secunderabad, India. It is the anglicised name for Tirumalagiri. It is to the north of Hyderabad.
The suburb has many smaller residential townships. Adjacent suburbs like Karkhana and AOC centre are often considered part of Trimulgherry.
In the past 15 years, this suburb has become an important residential area in the twin cities. Many colonies, townships and apartments came up in this suburb.
Close by a small lake known as the Hasmathpet Lake supplies fresh water fish to the city.
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[edit] History
Historically, Secunderabad constituted a combination of three villages namely, Trimulgherry, Bowenpally and Marredpally. It has some historic buildings built during the British era like an old British Jail, a Medical college. Sir Ronald Ross who discovered cure for Malaria was not far from this place.
[edit] Commercial area
There are many shops for all kinds of needs in this suburb. In 2002, a lot of garment factory outlets opened in the suburb. Many branded clothes for all ranges can be found here at discounted prices. Because of this, people from many parts of the city come to shop here.
There is an RTA office which serves entire Secunderabad Region (AP 10). Many banks started operating since 2002, catering to the growing population of this suburb like SBI etc. are located here.
[edit] Retailers
Specialist Grocery shops like Heritage Fresh, FabIndia, Food World and Subiksha are located here.
A modern mall, Rainbow Mall has some good shops and restaurants, including Fab India. The old Monda Market was shifted during the TDP Govt regime near Hasmatpet lake. The Government built a big wholesale market for vegetables called as Bowenpally Market Yard.
[edit] Restaurants
There are some upmarket restaurants in this suburb ranging from Continental, Chinese and Indian.
There are many fast food joints. In January 2007, McDonald's opened its second restaurant in Hyderabad here. There is a KFC, Subway, Cafe Latte, Xtreme Sports Bar and many bakeries such as Vacs Pastry and Cake Basket. Specialist Hyderabadi Restaurants like Hyderabad House, Biryani Durbar and The Pride Residency (includes lodging) are located here. Chinese Restaurants like Yo!China & Bowl-O-China is also present here. Punjabi Restaurants like Jeet's Kitchen and a multicuisine restaurant like Pepper Pods.
[edit] Function halls
The function halls here are popular for weddings and other parties like SMR Jayalaxmi Gardens (RTC Colony), Teachers CO-Operative Society Community Hall (Teachers Colony), Anubhav Gardens (Hanuman Temple near RTA), Jooluri Vajramma Kalyana Mandapam (Currently Under Renovation), Modern Function Plaza (Lalbazar), Leela Gardens (Near Teachers Colony), Mahatma Gandhi Community Hall (Main Rd Lalbazar)
[edit] Schools
There are some good Schools and Colleges in this suburb. Notable are New Ushodaya High School (Subhash Nagar),Sherwood Public School, St Andrews School, St Josephs High School, Holy Family Girls High School, Kendriya Vidyalaya .
Some colleges are St Josephs Junior College, Ken Degree College, Little Flower Junior and Degree College.
[edit] Transport
This suburb is well connected with roads. The Rajiv Rahadari (Highway) which connects Secunderabad to the northern Telangana districts of Andhra Pradesh passes through this suburb.
National Highway 7 (NH7) is 4 km from this suburb. There is a link road that connects NH 7 to ECIL 'X' Roads and further and it passes through this suburb. A lot of transportation through trucks takes place via this road. Due to this there is a lot of traffic congestion during peak hours. The closest MMTS Train station is at Bolarum or Secunderabad. All RTC buses numbered 21 to 25 and 147 come to Trimulgherry.
[edit] Colonies around Trimulgherry
Listed below are some popular and highly developed colonies in Trimulgherry.
Tirumala Enclave, Teachers Colony, Jupiter Colony, Indian Airlines Colony, Surya Enclave, A.W.H.O Ved Vihar, Durgavihar Colony, Vasavi Nagar, SBH Colony, RTC Colony, IOB Colony, Ravi Colony, Sardar Patel Colony, Chandragiri Colony, P&T Colony, Aruna Enclave, Sri Nagar Colony, Banjara Nagar, LB Nagar, Sri Sai Enclave, Laxmi Narayan Colony, Bank Colony, Kanajiguda, Indira Nagar, Mansarovar Heights, Gunrock Enclave.
[edit] Suburbs around Trimulgherry
- Secunderabad City 5 km
- Begumpet Airport 6.5 km (via Tadbund)
- Karkhana 2 km
- Bowenpally Old and New 3 km
- Sikh Village 2 km
- Tadbund 3 km
- ECIL X Roads 8 km
- Alwal 3.5 km
- Bolarum 6 km
- Maredpally East and West 4 km
