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Educational Institution
Premier institutions
like National College, Mahila Seva Samaj, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore Medical
College and Acharya Pathashala, many of them were started well before the
Indian independence, provide world-class education in the areas of science,
commerce, engineering and medicine.
Cultural Organizaton
GIPA (Gokhale Institute of Public
Affairs, founded by D.V. Gundappa) IIWC (Indian Institute of World Culture,
founded by B.P Wadia). United Lodge of Theosophists is situated on M.N. Krishna
Rao Road which runs diagonally from Lalbagh west gate to B.S. Madhava Rao
Circle. Lalbagh Gardens is the oldest garden in Bangalore that extends from
Basavanagudi and runs up to Jayanagar in the south and Shanthi Nagar in the
east. It is believed to have been started by the famous ruler Hyder Ali and maintained by his son Tipu Sultan.
Gardens
Lalbagh continues to be maintained by the
department of Horticulture of
Government of
Karnataka as a comprehensive Botanical garden. There are trees
still thriving, that are supposed to have been planted by Hyder Ali and Tipu
Sultan, more than 250 years ago.
The Bugle Rock is a beautiful garden behind the Bull temple and is home to a poet corner too.
FESTIVALS
Kadalekayi Parishe falls during the last week of the Karthike month of the
Kannada calendar. The venue is the Dodda Basavanna temple, popularly known as
Bull Temple, and the Bugle Rock area in Basavanagudi, a very scenic residential
area, where hundreds of vendors sit before piles of freshly harvested
groundnuts, just as they have been doing for the last half a millennium.
TEMPLES IN BASAVANAGUDI...
In actual fact, Basavanagudi was named after the Dodda Ganeshana Gudi (
Big Ganesha's Temple),
has the biggest stone statue of Lord Ganesha in the World, Ganesha
statue is carved on a rock measuring 18 feet by 14 feet surface area.
It is the oldest temple of the
Bangalore that was built by Kempegowda in the Dravidian style. This
temple has a giant bull 4.6 meters tall carved out of a single rock and
is a sculptural masterpiece.
At a close Proximity, another interesting temple named Gavi
Gangahareshwara Temple is located. This temple has a three tier
structure built underground and carves entirely out of granite monolth.
Dedicated to god Shiva, the temple experience a great phenomenon on the
14th or 15th January every year - a beam of light passes through the
horns of the bull Nandi located on ground level, and illuminates the
idol of god Shiva inside the cave underground.
The Fort, built by Tipu Sultan in the late - 18 century of fend off the
enemy troops during the Anglo-Mysore-War, the architecture wonder was
originally built by Bangalore's famous architect Kempe Gowda in 1537. The
Islamic-style arches on the exterior walls are later additions to the
original mud fort. Exquistic carving of religious deities and the
Ganapathy temple located are simply beautiful.
The Ramakrishna Ashram located on Bull Temple Road and the Sringeri Peetha Matha are other places one can visit to spend time in spiritual practices and to have tranquil moments.
Ramanjaneya Hill ( Gudda ) is
a hill with a temple that has a huge Statue of Rama and Anjaneya
hugging each other on its roof and a beautiful garden at the bottom of
the hill.
OTHER PLACES TO VISIT
Sajjan Rao circle, another interesting place that encircles mesmerizing temple, marriage halls and fast food hang outs, which are customarily opened until midnight. Once upon a time, this place was labeled as " The Gold Mine", as people from one particular community, who lived in this locality for decades, would always decorate and cover their body with gold ornaments.