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Kaivara, cave temples 60 km away near Chikkaballapur. Makalidurga - is a great place near Doddaballapura, around 60 km from Bangalore which offers a great opportunity to trek and enjoy the surroundings. Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bangalore off the Magadi road. The hill is famous for Narasimhaswamy temple and is also believed to be among ...
Name Image Summary Cantonment area : The Cantonment area in Bangalore was used as a military cantonment during the British Raj in the 19th century. After the Indian independence, the area merged with rest of the city but still retains names for localities and streets used by the British as well as the colonial architecture in many buildings.
Kanakagiri, known in ancient times as "Swarnagiri" (lit, "Hill of Gold") is about 3 km from the district headquarters Koppal city, 380 km north of Bangalore city and 200 km east of Belagavi city. Kanakagiri is known to get its present name from Kanaka Muni, a Hindu saint who performed penance there.
Near the waterfall, there is a temple (dedicated to Lord Shiva). A puja (prayer) is done once every morning. The place has a rich concentration of birds owing to the presence of the waterfall. The mountain ranges are also visited by trekking enthusiasts. [citation needed] Another tourist attraction, Thattekere lake, is nearby. Trekking is the ...
Arekere is a residential area on Bannerghatta Road in South Bangalore.The name Arekere (Are: Half, Kere: lake) originates from a water reservoir in the area.Residential areas within Arekere include Arekere Mico Layout, which is a BDA layout developed in the late 1970s, Samrat Layout, Pandurangnagar, Shantiniketan Layout and Sarvabhoumanagar.
Vidyaranyapura is situated in the northern part of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. Vidyaranyapura, along with several other extensions of the city, comes under a constituency called Byatarayanapura. [7] [8] It comes under the Greater Bangalore jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). [7] [2]
The Bengaluru Pete, established in 1537 around the Mud Fort, built by Kempe Gowda I as the nucleus, with an area of 2.24 square kilometres (1 sq mi), has expanded to the present sprawling city of 741 square kilometres (286 sq mi) embracing a multi ethnic population of 5.7 million; as per Census of India 2001, [2] the present population is ...
Horamavu is an area in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is a rapidly growing suburb which is adjacent to Banaswadi, Kalkere and Ramamurthy Nagar in Northeast Bangalore. The Krishnarajapuram railway station, an important railway junction in Bangalore, is 3 km away. It is about 35 km away from the city's main Kempegowda airport.