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Bangalore popularly, known as the Garden city’ with its many gardens and boulevards.  It is the capital city of Karnataka and is also referred as the India’s Science City. Its pleasant climate, friendly people, and its highly educated population have made this the Silicon Valley of India with almost all Computer related multinationals setting up their India head office at Bangalore. Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister termed this as “India’s city of the future”. And of course what is Bangalore without all its Pubs. It is now also called the Pub City with over 200 Pubs all over the town.

Places of attraction :

Vidhana Soudha (Vidhana Sabha): The State Legislative and Secretariat House was built in 1956 in the Neo Dravidian Style. This imposing structure represents the best of Bangalore’s monuments.

Attara Kacheri: The state high court is situated opposite to Vidhana Soudha.  This magnificent building was constructed in 1867 in the Gothic Style of architecture.

Venkatappa Art Gallery: One of the country’s oldest art museum, this gallery houses many interesting antiques and archaeological objects.

Visvesvarayya Industrial and Technological Museum: It’s named after the famous Sir M.Visveshwaraya, an engineer par excellence who built many famous dams in Karnataka.

Cubbon Park: General Sir Mark Cubbon laid out this beautiful park in 1864. Over 250 acres of this green park is just right for long walks and hosts a children’s amusement park, a doll museum and a toy train for children.

Lalbagh Gardens: In the year 1760 Hyder Ali laid out Lalbagh Garden which is of 240 acres and is on the south of the city.  The Glass House, inspired by the Crystal Palace in London is a favourite spot in Lalbagh.
 
Bangalore Palace: The Bangalore Palace was built in the year 1887 by the Wodeyar dynasty. Its interiors boats of elegant wood carvings and Tudor-style architecture.

Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall: The State Central Library, has a rich collection of reference books.

Tipu’s Palace: The Palace was constructed first by Hyder Ali and completed by his son Tipu Sultan in the year 1791. Tipu called it as “The Envy of Heaven’. It's constructed mainly in wood and has fine intricately sculpted arches surrounded by exquisite minarets.

ISKCON Temple: The ISKCON temple is the centre of spiritual learning through. There is a magnificent main temple hall, houses Lordships Sri Radha Krishna-Chandra; one can see the Golden Chandelier that is shaped like an inverted Lotus Flower.

Fun World: Fun World is a 12 acre Disney Land like Amusement Park, tucked into Palace Grounds, Bangalore.

Shiva Statue: It boasts of awesome 65 feet high depiction of Lord Shiva seated in Lotus position. It has the backdrop of Mount Kailash the Lord’s heavenly abode and the river Ganga flowing from his matted locks as depicted in the mythology.

Bull Temple: At Basavangudi one of Bangalore’s oldest temples. Built for Nandi, the sacred Bull and the vehicle of Lord Shiva. The tall-carved statue of the sacred bull is found here.

Gandhi Bhavan: It displays the life of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi with pictures and Photostats of his letters.
 
Aquarium: The second largest Aquarium in the country it has a large varsity of aquatic life.

Jawahar lal Nehru Planetarium: Befitting the “Science city” title that it carries, the Planetarium is an interesting site for children.