sideling hill tunnel The citadel is built on a granite hill, 120m high and surrounded by crenellated ramparts constructed

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Hotel Shadab INDIAN $$ (Map p900; High Court Rd, Patthargatti; mains 60250; hnoon-midnight) One meal at Shadab and you ll be forever under its spell. The hopping restaurant is the place to get biryani ( 95 to 200) and, during Ramzan (Ramadan), sideling hill tunnel haleem. It has even mastered veg biryani (!) and hundreds of other veg and non-veg delights (if you try the chocolate

The citadel is built on a granite hill, 120m high and surrounded by crenellated ramparts constructed from large masonry blocks. The massive sideling hill tunnel gates were studded with iron spikes to obstruct war elephants. Outside the citadel there stands another crenellated rampart, with a perimeter of 11km, and yet another wall beyond this. At Naya Quila (new fort), adjacent to the golf course, you can find a magnifi cent 400-year-old baobab tree (Hathiyan elephant tree), with a circumference sideling hill tunnel of 25m, said to be planted by seedlings sideling hill tunnel carried by African regiments from Abyssiania. Exploring sideling hill tunnel the crumbling rampart in the area you ll find cannons strewn about (some with beautiful inscriptions) and great views of the fort and tombs.

Tirupathi station is well served by express trains, running to Chennai (2nd-class chair/ chair ( 62/206, three hours), Bengaluru (sleeper/3AC/2AC 168/470/628, seven hours), Hyderabad/Secunderabad (sleeper/3AC/2AC 284/764/1047, 12 hours) and Vijayawada (sleeper/3AC/2AC 198/502/674, sideling hill tunnel seven hours). The reservation office (%2225850; h8am-8pm Mon-Sat, 8am-2pm sideling hill tunnel Sun) is across the street.