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{{about||the constituency|Karwan (Assembly constituency)|the 2018 Hindi film|Karwan (film)}}
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'''Karwan''' is one of the major suburb in [[Hyderabad, Telangana]], [[India]]. It is a part of the old city of Hyderabad.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/karwan-road-in-need-of-a-facelift/article1702956.ece Karwan road in need of a facelift]</ref>

It is 10 km from the IT hubs like Gachibowli, HITECH City, etc. It had major importance in the trade which happened during the time of Qutub Shahis. Karwan is one of the Vidhan Sabha constituency comes under GHMC [[Khairtabad]] zone, circle number 13 which has 6 wards i.e. Ziaguda (62), Karwan (65), Langer House (66), Golconda (67), Tolichowki (68) and Nanalnagar (69).

==Culture==
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Karwan has a mixed population of both [[Hindus]] and [[Muslims]]. Various religious festival are celebrated across this region. Like Bonalu, Ramazan Eid, Eid-Ul-Adha, Ganesh Chaturthi, Makar Sankranti, Holi, Diwali etc., The festival of ''Bonalu'' is one of the famous here and is celebrated in grandeur. The main worship during ''Bonalu'' happens at the ''Darbar Maisamma'' temple. The celebrations start a week before and on a penultimate day, the ''thotella'' is installed in front of ''Maisamma temple''. On the last day many cultural programs take place, along with the distribution of prizes to the meritorious students from UG to PG. The festival culminates with numerous ''palaharam'' carts which display various traditions and the removal of ''thotella'' along with the procession.

Karwan has very long history dating back to the Nizam rule, it was a well known diamond pearls market, even till today there are old buildings and other old temples and masjids constructed during Nizam period.

Andaroon or Inside karwan has few old buildings and was the place of the old pearl and diamond market existed. It is also famous for handloom clothes.

Shree Vithalnathji Temple & shree Santhoshi matha temple along with Lord Narsimha swamy temple and Kesari Hanuman temple at (Jiyaguda) are very famous and old temples which are well known in the area.

There is also an old temple named Ranganathswamy temple which was also expected to be built during Nizam period. It is a famous temple in twin cities and famous for ''Vaikunta Ekadashi'' celebrations in '''Jiyaguda'''. In earlier days it was known as '''Jiyargudem''', which is under Karwan constituency.

==Neighborhoods==
*Jiyaguda
*Purana Pool
*Begum Bazar
*[[Attapur]]

==Professional services==

*Internet Marketing Consultant - Bharath Bhushan
*Mee Seva
*Jyothi Communications
*SK Ambulance Services

==Commercial area==

The Mehdipatnam Rythu Bazaar and Gudimalkapur vegetable market are close to Karwan. There are many convention centres and big function halls on Karwan road, including:
*The Vintage Palace
*Crown Function Hall
*Mahaboob Pride Palace
*KS Palace
*SBA Garden - Jiyaguda Road
*Grand Garden Hall
*SDA Palace

==Theaters==

*S V C Eeshwar (Near pillar no. 130)
*Asian Cinemas M Cube (Near pillar no. 114)
*Cinepolis
*Alankar Cinemas - Langar House
*Amba Theatre (Near Mehdipatnam Depot)

==Schools==
There are schools which cater to all budgets, such as:
*Bharathi High School,
*Vivekananda High School,
*St. Mary's High School,
*D'Drop High School.
*MESCO College in Mustaidpura,
*Sri Gayatri e-Techno School,
*Newgen School of Excellence
*Kakatiya Vidyaniketan School
*Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir High School

There are also government-run schools such as Govt. High School Mustaidpura, Govt. High School Kulsumpura, and Bharath Abyudaya High School, the last of which is one of the biggest government schools in Telangana.

==Banks==
There are many banks in the area, including:
*Union Bank (Also known as Andhra Bank)
*Bank of Baroda
*State Bank of India (Gudimalkapur Branch)
*State Bank of India (Karwan Branch)

==Transport==
There are many buses that connect to different parts of the city like CBS, Golconda, Secunderabad by [[TSRTC]]. This area is close to [[Mehdipatnam]] Bus Depot. The Karwan/Jiyaguda Bus Stand, near Kesari Hanuman Temple, serves routes (2J/86J/1J/72J/80S) to as far as Secunderabad and L.B.Nagar passing through Afzalgunj.

There is another station in an area called Tallagadda, with buses to Secunderabad (49T, 5K, 16/5K/T) and Ramnagar (6T)

There is no close [[Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System|MMTS Train station]] near Karwan, but Nampally Railway Station is very near to the Karwan (approximately 5 km).

==References==
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{{Neighborhoods of Hyderabad|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]

Karwan - Revision history

->Rajasekhar1961 at 12:58, 20 May 2021