Lal Darwaza

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Lal Darwaza
Walled City
Coordinates: 17°21′N 78°29′E / 17.350°N 78.483°E / 17.350; 78.483
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Hyderabad
Metro	Hyderabad
Government
• Body	GHMC
Languages
• Official	Telugu,
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	500 053
Vehicle registration	TS
Lok Sabha constituency	Hyderabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Chandrayangutta
Planning agency	GHMC
Website	telangana.gov.in

Lal Darwaza (Red Gate) is one of the old neighbourhoods or Inner City in Hyderabad, India.

Lal Darwaza was built in 1907. A large red door at the entrance to this suburb was named Lal darwaza (Red Door) during the time of the Nizams. Maharaja Kishan Pershad, who served as Prime Minister of Nizam government, started the Bonalu festival from a temple here. The Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Mahbub Ali Khan gave donations and land to this and many other temples.^[1]

Bonala Jathara ("Procession" in English) at Lal Darwaza is considered the biggest cultural festival in Telangana.^[2][3]

It is a kilometer from Charminar (1.5 km), Koti (4 km), Afzalgunj (3 km), CBS (Central Bus Station-IMLIBAN) (3 km), Chandrayangutta (1.5 km), Uppuguda (0.5 km) With the surroundings Aliyabad, Chatrinaka, Gowlipura, Rajannabai, Shalibanda.

Earlier a Sufi Dargah with a writing engraved "Pather ki Dargha" ("Stone Mausoleum" in English) was found in Lal Darwaza.

Many shops are present. A movie theater Sudha 70MM; now known as Cinepolis is located there.^[4]

Lal Darwaza is connected to other towns by TSRTC buses. A Bus Depot is nearby. The closest MMTS is at Uppuguda.