Birla Planetarium (Hyderabad)

India / Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad
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Birla Planetarium a wing of the B.M. Birla Science Centre at Hyderabad is a large planetarium near the Government of India tourist office providing a virtual tour of the stars and the solar system. It is located near the famous tourist attraction Birla Mandir at the center of the city, on the small hill known as Naubat Pahad. It was inaugrated by the Late Mr. N.T. Rama Rao, on 8 September 1985. This planetarium displays and demonstrates the advances in science and technology. There are another two Birla Planetariums. One in Kolkata known as M.P. Birla Planetarium and the other in Chennai.

The planetariums holds sky shows everyday at different timings in different languages. The show covers the various aspects of the Cosmos, Space, Solar System, Galaxies, Comets, Eclipses, The Hubble Space Telescope and the mysterious UFO's.

The visitors are transported into a new world, as they watch a large dome of an open sky, full of shining stars looking down upon them. With excellent sound effects added upon them gives a feel of being in outer space. The show lasts about 35 minutes.

The Dinosorium is a new addition to the planetarium in Hyderabad, a wing which exhibits a 160 million years old mounted "Kotasaurus Yamanpalliensis", excavated at Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh and presented to Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India. The Dinosaurium also has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks etc.B.M. Birla Planetarium (Hyderabad) Shows

* English : 11:30AM, 4PM, 6PM
* Telugu : 12:15PM, 3PM, 5PM, 6:45PM
* Hindi : 7:30PM
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Coordinates:   17°24'11"N   78°28'14"E

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