Shivajinagar, Bangalore

Shivajinagar in Bangalore is adjacent to bangalore cantonment area. It is covered by bangalore cantonment area, benson town, st. johns church road, the halsuru lake, rbanm educational institutions buildings, cubbon road, and the queens road. This is one of the oldest areas of bangalore and a commercial hub. It has many prominent temples, churches, mosques and also a parsi temple. It is populated by commercial street, old poor house road, veerapillai street, broadway road, makaan road, elgin road, seppings road, arunachal mudaliar road, dispensary road, plain street, tasker town road, guard cross road, nala road, dharmaraj koil road, thimmaiah road, st. johns road, cock burn road, haines road,queens road, chikka bazaar road, narayana pillai street, Ebrahim sahib street.

The greatness of this commercial hub is that people from all religions and all languages blend together and live life harmoniously. The st. marys church is thronged by people of all religions, like wise all temples, mosques, dargahs, parsi temple, and the gurudwara near the halasuru are frequented very much.

The shivajinagar is famous for russell market for everything in vegetables, fruits, groceries, poultry, fish,cutlery, utensils etc. The nearby beef market is also well known. The russel market square has lot of eateries which begin at around 4-30 in the morning catering to paya(goat and sheep legs cooked to tender with spices ) and roti, semia, puttu, idli, dosa, sambar etc. As the day progresses you will find hotels opening up selling delicacies of mutton, beef, poultry etc. Biryani being the best. The chai, samosa veg, khajur, harira, biskoot, etc very tempting and relishing too. Not to forget the heavenly sulaimani chai - black tea with drop of lime and a mint leaf sitting smugly in the glass tea cup.

There is the commercial street which caters to the socially upwards and the elite, for everything they want right from food, savouries, clothes, utensiles, books, decorative items, gifts,shoes. The The by lanes adjoining the commercial street have lots of clothings stores, which cover every aspect of clothing, be it for men, women, children, for homes upholstery etc.

The gujri in shivajinagar behind the church is famous for motor vehicle spares, and, people come from chennai, hyderabad also in search of spares here. It has a well stocked army stores selling merchandise for uniformed services. Mr Ajaz Khan is one such successful entreprenuers.

The nala road is famous for one spare parts division - i.e., one building complex selling sheet/ goat legs, head, blood, boti, lungs, kidneys, tails, etc. Further, down the road you will see vegetable shops, mandis, fruits sellers, plastic articles sellers, cutlery sellers, utensil sellers - in one word it is a daily shandy selling all essentials.

The santhanam sweets in narayana pillai road has one of the best sweets and condiments in the world. They used to cook by the rice husk and coals initially. Their chakkulis, mixtures, sweets are unparalleled. The idli dosa joints serving hot with multiple chutneys will set right the taste buds once and for all. The nearby jewellery street houses umpteen jewellery stores.

shivajinagar has everything according to ones budget. A poor person also will get his fill with his budget.

Shivajinagar has the bowring and curzon hospital, CSI hospital, Ghosha hospital, Shifaa hospital, santhosh hospital, lakeview hospital, jain hospital in its vicinity.

Shivajinagar (Shivajinagara) is a place in Bangalore, a metro city in Karnataka state, India.

Shivajinagar named after the Great Maratha King Shivajiraje Bhosale.