Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India

The Birla Planetarium is one of those venues situated in Hyderabad that offers a different taste of entertainment that is blended with a wee bit of learning as well. As the name suggests the Birla Planetarium takes you on a mesmerizing and thrilling odyssey into the mysteriously beckoning outer space to unravel the riddles carefully locked up at its very heart. The Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad not only satiates your heart with pure pleasure but also augments your general knowledge regarding our universe.

The Birla Planetarium of Hyderabad is one of the most advanced planetariums ever erected on Indian soil. It is regularly upgraded and supplied with the most trendy and latest equipments to keep pace with modern times. It is also metamorphosing into a center for the the study regarding astronomy.

Inaugurated in the month of September, 1985 by Late Mr. NT Rama Rao, this dome-shaped Birla Planetarium at Hyderabad conducts sky-shows in 2 languages, English and Telegu. The Birla Planetarium of Hyderabad is located on a small mound of Naubhad Pahad in the hub of Hyderabad.

The Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad conducts shows on many intriguing topics like comets, Hubble's Telescope, Planets, Eclipses, the bizarre phenomenon of unidentified flying objects and many more.  Birla Planetarium is fully computerized; located in the Kotturpuram, near Anna `University, can seat 236 persons. The planetarium is an integral part of Periyar Science and Technology Centre, a premier institute in the southern state of India, Tamil Nadu.

The planetarium was built in the memory of B.M. Birla a leading industrialist and visionary of India,. Birla Planetarium is an Indoor Universe .Its almost like the universe is brought in; with Astronomical phenomena recreated on the specially perforated aluminum inner dome. The shows simply would carry you through the space. The planetarium hosts regular exciting educational shows pertaining to the astronomy..Excellent learning opportunity for students and environmentalists .Watch the stars or the meteoroids on second Saturday of the month .The Night Watching show is held between 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Centre is open on all days except on national holidays, from 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.