Malleshwaram, Bengaluru

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Malleshwaram
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Malleshwaram
Coordinates: 13°00′11″N77°33′51″E / 13.0031°N 77.5643°E / 13.0031; 77.5643
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
Metro Sampige Road metro station
District Bengaluru Urban district
Founded by H. V. Nanjundaiah
Area
  Neighborhood3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
  Metro
28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Neighborhood99,625
  Density25,196/km2 (65,260/sq mi)
   Metro
487,284
  Metro density17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
560003, 560012, 560055
Vehicle registration KA-04

Malleshwaram (also known as Malleshwara) is a northwest neighborhood and one of the zones of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in Bengaluru, India. It was planned in 1889 [1] after the great plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895. [2] [3] As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya [4] and was later named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple. [5] The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them being World Trade Center Bengaluru. It has two shopping malls, Mantri Square and Orion Mall (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub,it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards,Mysore Education Society and Indian Institute of Science.

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History

The earlier name of Malleshwaram was Mallapura as documented in the Ekoji Inscription of Malleshwaram dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of the Maratha chief Ekoji, half brother of Shivaji who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undated Kannada inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 of Epigraphia carnatica, it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established.

H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. [5] The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone and his daughter Deepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and Jaggesh have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as CTR   Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores, [6] and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda. [7]

H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. [5] The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone and his daughter Deepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and Jaggesh have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as CTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores, [8] and Snehajeeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda. [9]

Location

It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity to Yeshwanthpur,Gokula, Rajajinagar, Sadashivanagar, Seshadripuram and the Kempegowda Bus Station. The closest metro stations to this place are the Sampige Road metro station and Srirampura metro station.

Tourist attractions

A few tourist attractions in and around Malleshwaram are Kaadu Malleshwara Temple, Orion Mall, Mantri Square Mall, Bangalore Palace, ISKCON Temple and Sankey tank.

Notable locations

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