Bowenpally

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Bowenpally
metro = Hyderabad
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
type = neighbourhood
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district = Hyderabad
parliament_const = Siddipet
assembly_const = Cantonment
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postal_code = 500 011
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planning_agency = Cantonment Board, Secunderabad
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Bowenpally or Bowinpally is a suburb in Secunderabad, India. It is predominantly a middle class suburb.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.

History

In early days, Secunderabad was a small town with three major villages, namely Tirumalagiri, Bowenpally and Alwal. The name "Bowenpally" derives from "Bhuvanapalli". It is named after the King of Chalukya, Trailokya Malla Bhuvanesvara, from the 10th century. The State Archeology Department found an inscription on a pillar dating from the Chalukya times, thus confirming the name. Indian Photographer Lala Deen Dayal has lead his life in Plassey lines area of Bowenpally.

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). In fact, it serves as the gateway to the city from these two highways.

Commercial area

The second biggest vegetable market in Hyderabad, Government-owned, The Market Yard, Bowenpally is located close by. Recently Reliance fresh, Spencers, More, Magna have put up their own retail outlets across various places in Bowenpally. AWHO colony area and Bapuji nagar area stand out in having various shops and ATM's. Bigflix has also launched its outlet in Bowenpally. There are several national banks such as SBI, ING Vysya, SBH, Bank of Baroda also present here.

Culture and Recreation

Well known Hindu temples in the area include Sri Venkateshwara swamy temple, Sai baba Temple, 7 Temples (Edu gullu), Tadbund Temple. Bowenpally has only one theatre, Kalyani Theatre. This theatre plays movies which have already run for considerable time in the City. Right through the Medchal NH9 Highway, there are many dhabas which have delicious food. These dhabas are ideal to party. The Host, Feast are some of the hotels in Bowenpally.

Education

The many well known schools are present here like Vijay Mary High School(Estd 1980), St.Peters High School,St Peters Public School,St Peters GrammerSchool, St. Andrews High School, Pallavi High School, Delhi Public School, St. Anns girls High School (Secunderabad), Satyam public school (Kompally), Shiva Sivani Public School, St Peters Engg.College,Kompally.

Transport

APSRTC runs many buses that connect it to different parts of the city like 26,26N,26M,26S, 26M/229, 30, 31, 226 ply from Secunderabd Station to Old-Bowenpally and other special buses such as 26/8C,26/5R, 47/26 etc ply during the office hours. Also, 24E/31H plies through bowenpally. Another bus numbered 26G plies from the station to Greenfields via Hasmathpet.The closest MMTS Train station is at Secunderabad. The traffic is high throughout the day, and many buses and other vehicles ply to Secunderabad city via New Bowenpally.

ub-regions

Bowenpally has two major sub-regions, Old Bowenpally and New Bowenpally. There are some gated communities in the area, the major ones being Park View Enclave, BHEL Enclave, Ramgopal Enclave, Syndicate Bank Officer's Colony , Sowjanya Colony, Pavan Vihar Colony, Jayanagar Colony, Bhavani Nagar etc. Bhavana Enclave is one of the Decent Places to live. The Colony is beautiful and serene with no throughfare.

Old BowenpallyIt is very near to Begumpet Airport run-way. There is also a very old movie theater, Kalyani, at Old Bowenpally. Malikajuna Nagar Also Hanuman Temple with golden god inside the temple.

New BowenpallyNew Bowenpally is modern and very close to the city, although there are good colonies in both Old and New Bowenpally. New Bowenpally has two areas, "Pedda Thokatta" and "Chinna Thokatta". Pedda Thokatta connects to Old Bowenpally and Chinna Thokatta connects to Tarbund.

New Bowenpally comes under cantonment area, along with other surrounding areas surrounding, such as Tarbund, Tirumalagiri and Alwal. The cantonment has their own administration and tax departments, including facilities such as water and construction approvals.

New Bowenpally connects to both NH7 highway towards Medchal and NH9 highway towards Balangar industrial area. There is an Old Airport road and a burial grounds and Mount Carmel School in this area, also called Old Bombay Highway. New Bowenpally has a police Station, post Office, library, hospital, electricity department, school and park all located very close to each other on the NH7 highway, towards Medchal. The Indian Air Force Academy and recruitment for both technical and non-technical trades is also located at New Bowenpally, on the way to Balanagar from Bowenpally.