Malleshwaram, Bengaluru

Malleshwaram
Malleshwaram
Suburb
	Malleshwaram
	Coordinates: 13°00′11″N 77°33′51″E / 13.0031°N 77.5643°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bengaluru
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560003

Malleshwaram is a North-Western suburb of Bangalore city. It's one of the zones of BBMP. It was developed as a planned suburb after the great plague of 1898,^[1] which caused many people to move out of the city center. It derives its name from the Kaadu Malleshwara temple.^[2]

HV Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with building of the then suburb of Malleswaram.^[2] The neighborhood of Malleswaram hosts people from all walks of life. The Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi and Jaggesh have all lived here. ^[3]

Location

It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity to Yashwantpur, Rajajinagar, Sadashivnagar, Sheshadripuram and the Kempegowda Bus Terminus.

References

^ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/printarticle.aspx?contentid=2011082420110824065613205d5b8ae2f&^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_malleswara-retains-the-bangalore-of-yore_1673441
^ "Malleswaram Bangalore PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

External links

[mirror-1] ttp://www.bangaloremirror.com/printarticle.aspx?contentid=2011082420110824065613205d5b8ae2f&^{[permanent dead link]}

[DNA-2] ttp://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_malleswara-retains-the-bangalore-of-yore_1673441

[3] "Malleswaram Bangalore PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

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