Garden City, Silicon City – Bangalore
Bangalore is the headquarters of Karnataka from 1956 and it took the status of a headquarters in present period from 1831 at what time the British Commissioners took ended the administration of Mysore State from the Mysore Prince. The place repute is found mentioned in a 9th century history of Begur as ‘Benguluru’ ‘Bengu’ sense a Shrub colloquially called Rakta Honne (Benga trees). Kempegowda II gave the same repute to the fresh town, he founded i.E., the submit Mega City. Earlier, it was the command center of the Yelahanka Nadaprabhus who ruled under Vijayanagara Empire and built the fresh town with the fort. Kempegowda II is supposed to take raised the fort in 1537 as for every the instructions of Emperor Achutharaya of Vijayanagara.
The old Gavipura natural cave shrine of Gangadhara built at some stage in the Ganga phase came to be delayed at some stage in the Vijayanagara phase and the monolithic Basava in Basavanagudi was got engraved by this private. The private as well built the largely beautiful Someshwara Temple on Ulsoor. The era as well twisted many tanks which include the Ulsoor tank, Dharmambudhi tank (present Bus Stand), Chennamba tank (now called Chennamma tank) next to BSK II stage and Kempambudhi tank. Within 1637 Bijapur Army subject Bangalore and granted it as Jagir to Shahji, Shivaji’s father. Shahji and his son Ekoji had Bangalore under their control turn over 1687 at what time it was subject by the Mughul army and the city was specified on let out to Chikkadevaraya of Mysore. He built the Venkataramana temple and a fresh fort beside the existing old fort.
Bangalore which had mature as an developed and money-making centre under the Kempegowda private and the Marathas, was advance urbanized by Chikkadevaraya as he invited weavers from Baramahal (Tamilnadu) area to take place and settle down in Bangalore. Later Bangalore was granted as Jahgir to Haider and at what time he usurped power from the Wodeyars, he strengthened the fresh fort by using granite blocks. He built a palace next to the Venkataramana temple and in progress Lalbagh, the famous Botanical Garden of Bangalore. Later a beautiful Glass House was built in 1889 due to the hard work of the government modeled on the gemstone Palace of England. This magnificent shape has been renovated with fascinating imported coloured glasses. Bangalore was captured by the British in 1791 under the leadership of noble Cornwallis and it was returned to Tipu once he signed a treaty with them. He dismantled the existing fort as it was found to be more functional to his enemies than to himself.
Under Haider, Bangalore grew as a wealthy money-making city as well catering to the needs of luxury of the Srirangapattana incite. But under Tipu, its trade declined. The British who defeated Tipu in 1799 handed it ended to the Mysore Hindu Prince. Diwan Purnaiah rebuilt the demolished fort. The British stationed their troops in 1809 on Ulsoor and a twin town, Bangalore Cantonment emerged selection introduction of European way of life and present ideas to the old Bangalore town which became the headquarters in 1831. The Atharakacheri, High Court, Central College, and Museum buildings were raised in the European resurgence grace and English education was introduced into Bangalore. Many churches in European resurgence grace were built in Bangalore at some stage in this phase. Modern Textile mills like Binny Mill were in progress in the city.
The city came to take a city in 1862 and the Cantonment area as well had a separate Municipality called Civil and Military Station. The two came to be merged in 1949 to form the Bangalore City Corporation. After objectivity, many Central Government Industries were in progress in the city. There are ancient temples on Begur, Madiwala (Tavarekere), Kadugodi, Hesaraghatta and Dommalur. Other temples like Gavi Gangadhara in a natural cave, Basavanagudi with monotithic Nandi, Rangaswamy temple built around 1600 in the Rangaswamy Temple street, the Someshwara temple on Ulsoor and Kadumalleswara temple in Malleshwaram which had usual a grant from Ekoji, are around of the worthy of note monuments. Within addition, a sizeable numeral of fresh temples take take place up. The Dharmaraya temple of the Tigala the people celebrates the famous Karaga festival on the packed moon period of Chaitra. Satya sai Baba Ashram otherwise called ‘Brindavan’ in progress its activities regarding more than two decades on Kadugodi. Besides havbing a giant Prarthana Mandir, the Ashram runs several learning institutions. Its Bangalore aspect of the High Tech Mega Hospital has been widely appreciated on behalf of its enthusiastic services and extreme purity.
Omkar Hills, situated on the outskirts of Bangalore next to Kenchenahally is an influential religious centre with unruffled natural settings, wherever a giant Banyan tree crowns a circular knoll. Alround the sumit of this knoll a chain of mantapa symbolizing the religious motif of all the major religions Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam take been built with brick and strengthen in respective traditional styles of architecture. The Omkar Ashram has as well takenup the out of this world task of building the 12 Jyotirlinga temples being a baby representation of respective architectural styles of India. Every day devotees throng this dot especially at some stage in the swamiji’s birthday. A giant Electronic grandfather clock designed by HMT having a temple gong and Shanka on behalf of the hourly point beatings are embedded, which gives a moral and pleasant sound to a distance of almost 1.5km radius. Being definitely 13 km. From the city this is an influential religious place on behalf of harmony aspiring tourists and devotees. The talent of Living Centre Ashram has recently been built by Saint Ravishankar on the Kanakapura Road next to the city. Special Bhajans and talent of Living courses are logical on weekly basis. Of too late it is attracting tourists from India and as well abroad.
A giant Rajarajeshwari temple built in Dravidian grace on Kenchenahalli on the Mysore Road and the Meenakshi Temple on the Bannerghatta road take been raised more than a decade previously are attracting a sizeable numeral of devotees Amrita Anandamayi Ashram has as well in progress its branch in the city and has been attracting thousands of devotees frequently. Sri Koladamath on the Siddaiah road has been undertaking several social as well as population oriented programmes since several decades. Iskcon at once situated atop a small knoll arranged in a row of rising shikaras overlooking the knoll is an fascinating spectacle. It spreads in an area of seven acres on the West of chord Road in Rajajinagar is an hitech temple multifaceted and is regarded as an influential tourist destination of this backyard city. The temple multifaceted has been architecturally designed in such a way to facilitate it is visible as a glowing knoll at some stage in night and can be described as a visual bounty. How this giant temple multifaceted came to be twisted makes an worthy of note episode.
About 25 years previously ISKCON was founded (1978) in a borrowed building (Rs.2000 PM) and made a humble foundation. Later on with the hard work of the organisers it gained prominence and these days it is individual amongst the largely celebrated 108 ISKCON undergrowth functioning all ended the globe. Its natural height of the get area has been fully exploited and an fascinating but, complicated architectural wily has been accomplished with extreme purity and perfection. There are five distinctive Dravidian shikharas built on three stages with a tall fascinating rayagopura on the core access. The central garbhagriha has been designed on the Egyptian Pyramidical Model with three cells in a row comprising the images of Sri Nitay Gowrang in the initial cell to the absent Sri Radhakrishna Chandra in the central cell and Krishna-Balarama in the cell to the very well.
There are rapid but, fascinating Dravidian styled shikharas greater than all the three cells. There is a spacious/pentagonal central lobby in front of the three garbhagrihas with a hallow domical ceiling decorated with delicate stained glasses intercepted by brass partitions. The pentagonal roof drops take admirable Mysore traditional flute paintings depicting Krishna’s life history. The artistic wily of this pentagonal lobby has been a beautiful creation with aesthetic outlook has been largely appreciated. Besides these at hand are small shrines enthusiastic to Sri Venkatesha and Sri Narasimha with separate rapid Dravidian styled shikhars. Facing the core temple is a 56 ft. Tall dwajasthambha covered with gold plated decorated brass sheets. Special pujas are obtainable thrice day after day individual on sunrise, on noon and in the sunset. Annually special pujas are performed at some stage in Gokula Ashthami (Lord Krishna’s birthday), Nandotsava and Vaikuntha Ekadashi. Daily delicious prasadam prepared with extreme hygienic method are obtainable to the devotees visiting the temple. Another impressve programme of this organisation is the ‘Akshaya Patra’ yojana initiated predominantly to cater the needs of fewer privileged children studying in government schools in the rural areas. Recently, the same scheme is being extended in and around the city of Hubli. Being very much inside the Mega city The ISKCON temple offers a beautiful, unruffled and calm character on behalf of the visiting devotees. ISKCON as well conducts elocution competitions on the Krishna’s existence episodes and as well on other Vaishnava idea. It conducts as well several cultural activities all through the day. Bhakti Vedantha, a monthly magazine enthusiastic to lay out the gospel of Vaishnava idea and as well the spiritual ideologies of ISKCON is being available frequently. Vishwa Shanti dhama, noble Shiva (near Air Port) and so on., are the fresh additions to the long directory of temples in Bangalore. The Muslims take the Taramandal Sangeen Jamia Masjid built by a Mughal Officer in around 1687. The Ibrahim Shah Shahib’s Mosque on Kumbarpet was raised in 1761, the Jamia Mosque on the City advertise is the creation of the 1940s and it is a vast present building, equally impressive, built by using white sandstone. There is a dargha of Mastansab Wali on Cottonpet which is highly respected by Hindus as well as Muslims.
The oldest house of worship in Bangalore is St. Mary’s Basilica in Shivajinagar intended to take been originally built in around 16th Century, but took the existing silhouette in 1832. There is the Trinity house of worship of the Anglicans on the M.G. Road and St. Inscription Cathedral on the same road. St. Patrick church was originally on behalf of Irish varied soldiers and St. Andrew’s, on the Cubbon Road on behalf of the Scottish soldiers. The varied Cathedral is St. Xaver’s, a sizeable granite building. The London Mission raised the Hudson Memorial house of worship. There are many Jain Basadis of which the individual in Gandhinagar and Jayanagar notable though present. The Sikhs take their Gurudwara on Ulsoor, and Parsis take their fire temple. Bangalore has beautiful gardens like Lalbagh and the Cubbon Park, which are the pride of the city. One of the fine sizeable present buildings raised by using granite is Vidhana Soudha built in traditional Dravidian grace. Of too late the government has constructed Vikasa Soudha beside Vidhana Soudha imitating the same traditional Dravidian grace of Vidhana Soudha is nearing completion. Tipu’s palace is a wooden shape and Bangalore Palace is modelled on the Windsor Palace of Britain.
Bangalore has the Govt. Museum, Sir M. Visveswaraya Industrial Museum and the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetorium. Bangalore is well connected by roads, railways and airways and has pleasant weather, attracting tourists from far and next to. Bangalore being a celebrated education and highly developed technical education as well as top investigate facilities, boasts of several Educational Institutions suchas Bangalore University, Indira Gandhi National Centre on behalf of Arts-South Zone (IGNCA) in progress recently, Agricultural University, the Indian Institute of Science, Institute on behalf of Astrophysics, Indian Statistical Institute, Institute on behalf of Social and Economic adjust (ISEC), National Law School, Regional Institute of English, National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) and many others. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Institute of Management and all present services on behalf of education. It has industries producing tractors, railway coaches, aeroplanes, and so on. And finer things like silk sarees and sandal wood images. It is called the electronic and Silicon City of India, on behalf of its unparallel progress in the topic of mainframe science and Information Technology.
