A planted hilltop park with a cable car and white statues, overlooking the city and the bay.
What Kailasagiri looks like
The hilltop park is reached by a paved road under a white arch that reads Welcome Kailashhill. Native trees and other flora fill the hill. Two pedestrian stairways and a walkway climb from the base.
Two white statues of Shiva and Parvati, about 40 feet tall, stand in the park. A 20-foot statue of a conch and a discus stands on the hill. A floral clock about 10 feet across is also in the park.
A cable car about 350 metres long climbs to the summit. A ship-shaped viewpoint faces the Bay of Bengal. A 55-metre cantilever glass bridge, reported completed in 2025, overlooks the city.
A large tree shades a stepped stone terrace, with a hazy view beyond it. A bamboo arch spans a paved block path between trees. Narrow paved paths also climb through dense green trees.
A memorial at has stone steps climbing to a tall pillar, with a painted design on the paving in front. A children's play area has metal climbing frames and a slide set in sand under trees.
Clipped hedges form patterned garden beds with red and purple planting. A lattice tower rises behind the trees. Dense shrubs fill the lower ground. A pale green apartment block shows at one edge.
Shot in Kailasagiri
In February 2020, the Telugu film Solo Brathuke So Better shot its most significant scenes on the hill. The production does not name a spot inside the park.
Solo Brathuke So Better, 2020
The photograph shows the Viswa Shanti memorial on the hill. The glass bridge was completed in 2025, after the film's release. Street View
What Kailasagiri can double for
Mount Faber in Singapore
Mount Faber is a forested hill in Singapore with a cable car tower on its slope and a panoramic view of the Downtown Core. The tower and the trees on the slope are the closest match for Kailasagiri's ropeway and hillside. The downtown towers give Singapore away in any wide view, so tighter frames on the trees and the cable car tower hold the illusion. Try searching forested hill cable car now.
Penang Hill in George Town, Penang
Penang Hill is a forested hill about nine kilometres west of the centre of George Town, reached by a funicular railway. The forest and funicular make the same kind of climb to a hilltop that Kailasagiri's ropeway does. A wide shot of the lowland gives Penang away, so tighter frames on the trees and the ridge hold the illusion. Try searching forested hill funicular now.
