Basavanagudi
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| Coordinates | 12°56′N 77°34′E / 12.94°N 77.57°ECoordinates: 12°56′N 77°34′E / 12.94°N 77.57°E |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bangalore. The residential area is located in South Bangalore and borders Jayanagar. The name "Basavanagudi" refers to the Bull Temple that is located here. It is a monolith statue of the Nandi Bull. Basava in Kannada, the local language, means Bull and Gudi means temple. Hence, the name Basavanagudi.[1]
[edit] Culture
Basavanagudi is one of the oldest areas in Bangalore. It was previously known as Sunkenahalli.It is the replica of the Bangalore of yore, with wide tree lined avenues dotted with houses. Commercialisation has taken a toll in this area with excessive tree felling to introduce residential and business structures. Lalbagh, falls as part of Basavangudi. This area is the cultural capital of Bangalore with predominant Kannadiga population and lot of festivities. It had very old traditional houses and is known for shooting Kannada television soap operas. Some well known religious places are the Bull temple, Ramakrishna Ashram and Shankar Matt.
Every year two day fair of peanuts is held near dodda ganapathi temple of Basavanagudi calle Kadlekai Parishe which translates to Groundnut Fair. Lot of different kinds of groundnuts are exhibited and sold during this time[2].
Many scholars, writers and musicians lived and living in this area. One of the roads in Basavanagudi is named after great writer and philosopher of Karnataka D. V. Gundappa called DVG Road. This road is the commercial center of Basavanagudi.
[edit] Areas under Basavanagudi
- Visveswarapuram(VV Puram)- Area with a huge Arya Vysya population. Famous for the Food Street, which is the place to go in Bangalore for street food.
- Shankarapuram- Named after the Sringeri Mutt located here
- Narasimharaja Colony(NR Colony)A residential Locality Named after Narasimharaja Wodayar - King of Mysore
- Thyagarajanagar- refer Thyagarajanagar
- Nagasandra(Tata Silk Farm)
- Mavalli-The famous Lalbagh is located here
- Sunkenahalli
- Gavipuram- Famous for the Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple
- Mohammadan Block (Famous for Jamia Masjid-e-Islamabad)
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Kempe Gowda Nagar | Chamarajapet | Kalasipalya / Shanthinagar | |
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| N.R. Colony / Thyagarajanagar | Yediyur | Jayanagar |
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