In 1912, the nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, wrote a poem titled “The Hussain Sagar”, in which she described the river, Hussainsagar, as a “living image of her soul”. The poetess grew up in Hyderabad and was so enticed by the beauty of the lake that she chose to commemorate it in her work. Built in the 16th century by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah, Hussainsagar was one of the main sources of...
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