About Banglore
Bangalore (Officially known as Bengaluru) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of about 8.42 million and a metropolitan population of about 8.49 million, making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India.
Bengaluru is known as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.A demographically diverse city, Bengaluru is the second-fastest growing major metropolis in India.The city also houses the Kannada film industry. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Bengaluru confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio-economic problems.
History
Modern Bengaluru had its beginning in 1537 by a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire, Kempé Gowda I, who aligned with the Vijayanagara empire to campaign against Gangaraja who he defeated and expelled to Kanchi, and who built a mud-brick fort for the people at the site that would become the central part of modern Bangalore. Kempe Gowda was restricted by rules placed by Achuta Deva Raya who feared the potential power of KempeGowda and did not allow for a formidalbe stone fort. Kempé Gowda referred to the new town as his "gandubhūmi" or "Land of Heroes".[17] Within the fort, the town was divided into smaller divisions—each called a "pete" (IPA: [peːteː]). The town had two main streets—Chikkapeté Street, which ran east-west, and Doddapeté Street, which ran north-south. Their intersection formed the Doddapeté Square—the heart of Bangalore. Kempé Gowda I's successor, Kempé Gowda II, built four towers that marked Bangalore's boundary. During the Vijayanagara rule, many saints and poets referred to Bangalore as "Devarāyanagara" and "Kalyānapura" or "Kalyānapuri" ("Auspicious City").
Geography
Bangalore lies in the southeast of the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is in the heart of the Mysore Plateau (a region of the larger Precambrian Deccan Plateau) at an average elevation of 900 m (2,953 ft).It is located at 12.97°N 77.56°E and covers an area of 741 km2 (286 sq mi).The highest point is Vidyaranyapura Doddabettahalli, which is 962 metres (3,156 feet) and is situated to the north-west of the city.Bangalore receives 800 million litres (211 million US gallons) of water a day, more than any other Indian city.Bengaluru has a handful of freshwater lakes and water tanks, the largest of which are Madivala tank, Hebbal lake, Ulsoor lake, Yediyur Lake and Sankey Tank. Groundwater occurs in silty to sandy layers of the alluvial sediments. The Peninsular Gneissic Complex (PGC) is the most dominant rock unit in the area and includes granites, gneisses and migmatites, while the soils of Bangalore consist of red laterite and red, fine loamy to clayey soils.
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Bengaluru has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification ) with distinct wet and dry seasons. Due to its high elevation, Bangalore usually enjoys a more moderate climate throughout the year, although occasional heat waves can make summer somewhat uncomfortable. The coolest month is December with an average low temperature of 15.4 °C (59.7 °F) and the hottest month is April with an average high temperature of 36 °C (97 °F).
Culture
Bengaluru is known as the "Garden City of India" because of its gentle climate, broad streets, greenery and the presence of many public parks, such as Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park.Bangalore is sometimes called as the "Pub Capital of India" and the "Rock/Metal Capital of India" because of its underground music scene and it is one of the premier places to hold international rock concerts.Biannual flower shows are held at the Lal Bagh Gardens during the week of Republic Day (26 January) and Independence Day (15 August). Bangalore Karaga or "Karaga Shaktyotsava" is one of the most important and oldest festivals of Bangalore dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Draupadi.It is celebrated annually by the Thigala community, over a period of nine days in the month of March or April.Other popular festivals in Bangalore are Ugadi, Ram Navami, Eid ul-Fitr, Ganesh Chaturthi, St. Mary's feast, Dasara, Deepawali and Christmas.
Bengaluru did not have an effective contemporary art representation, as compared to Delhi and Mumbai, until recently during the 1990s, several art galleries sprang up, notable being the government established National Gallery of Modern Art.Kannada literature appears to have flourished in Bangalore even before Kempe Gowda laid the foundations of the city. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Kannada literature was enriched by the Vachanas (a form of rhythmic writing) composed by the heads of the Veerashaiva Mathas (monastery) in Bangalore. As a cosmopolitan city, Bangalore has also encouraged the growth of Telugu, Urdu, and English literatures.
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Bengaluru is home to the Kannada film industry, which churns out about 80 Kannada movies each year.Bangalore also has a very active and vibrant theatre culture with popular theatres being Ravindra Kalakshetra and the more recently opened Ranga Shankara.Kannada theatre is very popular in Bangalore, and consists mostly of political satire and light comedy.The Alliance Française de Bangalore also hosts numerous plays through the year.
Bengaluru is also a major centre of Indian classical music and dance.The cultural scene is very diverse due to Bangalore's mixed ethnic groups, which is reflected in its music concerts, dance performances and plays. Performances of Carnatic (South Indian) and Hindustani (North Indian) classical music, and dance forms like Bharat Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Kathak, and Odissi are very popular.Yakshagana, a theatre art indigenous to coastal Karnataka is often played in town halls.The two main music seasons in Bangalore are in April–May during the Ram Navami festival, and in September–October during the Dusshera festival, when music activities by cultural organizations are at their peak.
Cusine
The diversity of cusine is reflective of the social and economic diversity of Bangalore. Bangalore has a wide and varied mix of restaurant types and cuisines and Bangaloreans deem eating out as an intrinsic part of their culture. Roadside vendors, tea stalls, and South Indian, North Indian, Chinese and Western fast food are all very popular in the city. Udupi restaurants are very popular and serve predominantly vegetarian, regional cuisine.
City Administration
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP, Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation) is in charge of the civic administration of the city.The BBMP is run by a city council composed of 250 members, including 198 corporators representing each of the wards of the city and 52 other elected representatives, consisting of members of Parliament and the state legislature. Elections to the council are held once every five years, with results being decided by popular vote.A mayor and deputy mayor are also elected from among the elected members of the council.
Bengaluru's rapid growth has created several problems relating to traffic congestion and infrastructural obsolescence that the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has found challenging to address. The unplanned nature of growth in the city resulted in massive traffic gridlocks that the municipality attempted to ease by constructing a flyover system and by imposing one-way traffic systems.The Bangalore City Police (BCP) has six geographic zones, includes the Traffic Police, the City Armed Reserve, the Central Crime Branch and the City Crime Record Bureau and runs 86 police stations, including two all-women police stations. As capital of the state of Karnataka, Bangalore houses important state government facilities such as the Karnataka High Court, the Vidhana Soudha (the home of the Karnataka state legislature) and Raj Bhavan (the residence of the Governor of Karnataka). Bengaluru contributes four members to the lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha, from its four constituencies: Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Central, Bangalore North, and Bangalore South,and 28 members to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Electricity in Bengaluru is regulated through the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM),while water supply and sanitation facilities are provided by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB).
Holy Places
There are 1000 temples, 400 mosques, 100 churches, 40 Jain derasars, three Sikh gurdwaras, two Buddhist viharas and one Parsi fire temple located in an area of 741 km² of the metropolis.
Some of the famous temples are:
Chokkanathaswamy temple,Bull Temple at Basavanagudi (Dodda Basavana Gudi),Dodda Ganesha Temple at Basavanagudi,Gavi Gangadareshwara Temple,the ISKON,Banashankari Temple,Sugreeva Venkateshwara Temple,the Kanyakaparameshwari temple.
The famous church are :
Saint Mary’s Basilica,Saint Mark’s Cathedral,Saint Patrick’s Church,Holy Trinity Church.
the famous mosques are:
Jumma Masjid,Masjid-e-Khadria
Tourism
Some of the tourists spots in bangalore are:
Lal Bagh is a botanical garden,Cubbon Park,Jayaprakash Narayan Biodiversity Park
Government Museum,Kempegowda Museum,Karnataka Folk Museum,Madras Sappers Museum and Archives,Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum.
Economy
Bangalore is nicknamed the Silicon Valley of India. The name signifies status of Bangalore as a hub for information technology (IT) companies in India and is a comparative reference to the original Silicon Valley, based around Santa Clara Valley, California, a major hub for IT companies in the United States. Bangalore, however, is located on a plateau and not in a valley; the use of the term in reference to Bangalore is not truly toponymous
Some of the famous personalities in banglore are:
- Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath,Rahul Dravid,K.C. Reddy,Kadidal Manjappa,Azim Premji,Vijay Mallya.