Bangalore is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located on the Deccan Plateau and is India's third most populous city. Bangalore experiences distinct wet and dry seasons, with moderate temperatures throughout the year due to its high elevation. The coolest month is December and the hottest is April. Bangalore receives rainfall from both southwest and northeast monsoons, with September, October and August being the wettest months.
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Bangalore's Capital and Climate
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2. Bangalore , is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the
south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and fifth-most
populous urban agglomeration. Bangalore is well known as a hub for India's information technology
sector. It is among the top 10 preferred entrepreneurial locations in the world.
3. •Bangalore experiences 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 things very uncomfortable in the summer.
•The coolest month is December with an average low temperature of 15.4 °C and the hottest month is
April with an average high temperature of 32.8 °C.
• The highest temperature ever recorded in Bangalore is 38.9 ° and the lowest ever is 7.8 °C . Winter
temperatures rarely drop below 12 °C (54 °F), and summer temperatures seldom exceed 34–35 °C
(<100 °F).
• Bangalore receives rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons and the wettest
months are September, October and August, in that order. The summer heat is moderated by fairly
frequent thunderstorms, which occasionally cause power outages and local flooding.
4. VIDHANASOUDHA
It is located in Bangalore, is the seat of the
state legislature of Karnataka.It is an imposing
building, constructed in a style sometimes
described as Mysore Neo-Dravidian and
incorporates elements of Indo-
Saracenic and Dravidian styles.
The construction was completed in 1956.
The Vidhana Soudha has four floors above and
one floor below ground level and sprawls
across an area of 700 by 350 feet.
It is the largest Legislative building in India.
Its eastern face has a porch with 12 granite
columns, 40 feet tall. Leading to the foyer is a
flight of stairs with 45 steps, more than 200
feet wide.
The central dome, 60 feet in diameter, is
crowned by a likeness of the Indian national
emblem.
The cost of construction at that time was just
17.5 million (1.75 Crore) rupees. But presently,
annual maintenance cost itself is more than 20
million rupees (which include repairs,
painting, and other miscellaneous expenses).
5. ATTARA KACHERI
Attara Kacheri literally means "eighteen
offices.
It is a red brick building of eighteen
offices located in cubbon park opposite
of vidhana soudha.
Construction completed in the year of
1868.
It is a two story building in red colour
has been built in the style of neo
classical architecture.
6. TIPU’S Palace
Tipu Sultan's Palace is located very close
to the fort. It is now converted to a
museum.
The construction of the Palace was
completed in the year 1791 and it took
ten years to plan and construct the
palace.
It is a double storied flowery wooden
structure. It has columns, curves and
balconies which are laid with gardens on
both sides of the path which leads to the
palace.
7. SESHADRI IYER MEMORIAL HALL
It is built in 1915 AD in a classic
European stylewith Tuscan
and Carinthian columns at Cubbon Park
to commemorate Sir K.Seshadri Iyer,
who was the Dewan of Mysore State
from 1883 to 1901.
It occupies about 300 sq. km.
8. Bull Temple
A temple built in the Dravidian style by Kempe
Gowda, founder of Bangalore, it has a
monolithic bull, made of gray granite which is
4.5 mts high and 6.5 mts long.
9. Shiva statue
The Shiva Statue is 65 feet
high and is located on the
Airport Road just behind
Kemp Fort. The statue
depicts Lord Shiva who is
seated in Padmashan or
Lotus position.
The background has been
made to look as if it is
Mountain Kailash with
River Ganga flowing from
the entangled rocks
10. •Hoysala architecture is the building style developed under the rule
of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries.
•It influence was at its peak in the 13th century, when it dominated
the Southern Deccan Plateau region.
•Some example of Hoysala architectural style, including
the Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara
Temple at Halebidu, and the Kesava Temple atSomanathapura.
• Study of the Hoysala architectural style has revealed a
negligible Indo-Aryan influence while the impact of Southern
Indian style is more distinct.
12. Vimana:- A typical Hindu temple in Dravidian style may have multiple gopurams, typically
constructed into multiple walls in tiers around the main shrine. The temple's walls are typically
square with the outer most wall having four gopuras, one each on every side, situated exactly in the
center of each wall. The sanctum sanctorum and its towering roof (the central deity's shrine) are also
called the Vimana. Generally, these do not assume as much significance as the outer gopurams, with
the exception of a few temples where the sanctum sanctorum's roofs are as famous as the temple
complex itself.
Mandapa:- A mandapa is a pillared outdoor hall or pavilion for public rituals. In
the Hindu temple the mandapa is a porch-like structure through the leading to the temple. It
is used for religious dancing and music and is part of the basic temple compound. The prayer
hall was generally built in front of the temple's sanctum sanctorum .
Jagati:- It is a raised surface, platform or terrace upon which some buddhist or hindu
temples are built.This feature is seen in isolated temples such as the temples of Khajuraho. It is
usually not seen in temples enclosed by walls.
It lies on a base which adds height to structure.
13. Chennakesava temple
Shrine Temple plan
The building material used in the is chloritic schist
(soapstone) and is essentially a simple plan built with
extraordinary detail. The temple is vimana design (single
shrine) of 10.5 m by 10.5 m size. A large vestibule connects the
shrine to the mandapa (hall) which is one of the main attractions
It is back of The Bhumija towers, which are intact on the miniature of the temple. The mandapa has 60 bays.The superstructure
shrines at the entrance of the hall are actually a type (tower) on top of the vimana has been lost over time. The
of nagara tower, being curvilinear in shape. This shape of tower is temple is built on a jagati (platform). The jagati
quite uncommon in pure dravidian architecture. The shrine has a carefully follows the staggered square design of the mantapa and the
star shape of the shrine. The mantapa here was originally an
life size (about 6 ft) image of Kesava (a form of Vishnu) with four
open one. A visitor would have been able to see the ornate
hands. Each hand holds an attribute; the discus the mace, the pillars of the open mantapa from the platform. The mantapa is
lotus-flower and the conch , in clockwise direction. The entrance to perhaps the most magnificent one in all of medieval India.[ The
the shrine is flanked by life size sculptures of door guardians open mantapa was converted into a closed one after about 50
the mantapa. Each side measures 10.5 m and has five vertical years, during the Hoysala rule. This was done by erecting walls
sections. Each vertical section comprises a large double storeyed with pierced window screens. The window screens are on top of
2 m high walls. There are 28 such windows, with star-shaped
niche in the centre and two heavy pillar like sections on either side.
perforations and bands of foliage, figures and mythological
The two pillar-like sections adjoining the niche are rotated about subjects..
their vertical axis to produce a star-shaped plan for the
shrine. There are some 60 large sculptures of deities from
both Vaishnava and Shaiva faiths
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15. UB City is the biggest commercial property project in Bangalore, India. Pioneered by
the chairman of UB Group, Dr.Vijay Mallya, in Joint Venture with Prestige Group [1], it
is built on 13 acres (53,000 m2) of land and hosts 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) of high-
end commercial, retail and service apartment space. It has four towers namely, UB
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An elevated roof top helipad will provide a five minute aerial commute to the airport.
Four storeys of multi level parking, in addition to one common basement for the entire
UB City and extensive surface level car parks, will provide UB City the remarkable
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