Bowenpally

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In early days, Secunderabad was a small town with three major villages, namely Tirumalgiri, Bowenpally and Alwal. The name Bowenpally derives from Bhuvanapalli. It is named after the King of Chalukya, Trailokya Malla Bhuvanesvara, of the 10th century. The State Archeology Department found an inscription on a pillar dating from the Chalukya times, thus confirming the name.

[edit] History

Bowenpally is part of the Secunderabad Cantonment area, where the British held sway for several years. The old village of Bowenpally with its people-friendly streets still exists. One among the few old structures left is an old shrine with some rough sculptures of a bull with distinct kakatiyan design, near the Bowenpally Police Station.

[edit] Location

Bowenpally is now a sprawling suburb of Secunderabad. Locating it on a Hyderabad map is very simple. The Hyderabad airport has a single 0927 (east–west) runway. Bowenpally is just north of this unmistakable landmark. It is also the meeting point of two national highways : NH-7 (marked as Nizamabad Road on the map) and NH-9 (marked as Pune Road on the map). These highways seem to take off from Bowenpally. In fact Bowenpally serves as the gateway to the city from these two highways.This place surely has loads of people from Different cultures and from different walks of life.