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Banashankari | |
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neighborhood | |
Coordinates: 12°56′14″N77°33′15″E / 12.9373°N 77.5543°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Bengaluru Urban |
Metro | Bengaluru |
Zone | Bengaluru South and Bengaluru West |
Ward | 155, 156, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 180, 181, 197 |
Named for | Banashankari Amma Temple |
Languages | |
• Official | Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 560026,560050,560060,560061,560062,560070,560078,560085,560098,560109 |
Telephone code | 91-80 |
Vehicle registration | KA 05, KA 41, KA 58 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bangalore South |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Spread over Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagara, Bangalore South, and Vijayanagara |
Banashankari, commonly abbreviated as BSK, is a locality spread across South and West Bangalore. Its name is derived from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's renowned temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915. [1]
Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, stretching from Mysore Road to Kanakapura Road. It is bordered by Byatarayanapura, Nayandahalli, Girinagar, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the west; Basavangudi and Hanumanthanagar in the north; Jayanagar and J.P. Nagar in the east, and Uttarahalli and Kengeri in the south, encompassing parts of these neighborhoods.
Banashankari is one of the localities that has all possible classifications – stage, phase, and block. It is divided into six stages, with the sixth stage being the largest.
This area is one of the oldest areas of Bangalore. It subsumes areas such as Byatrayanapura, Avalahalli, Srinagar, Nagendra Block, Kalidasa Layout, Raghavendra Block, Brindavan Nagar, Srinivasa Nagar, Vidyapeetha, SBM colony and Ashok Nagar.
This part of Banashankari is well known for the Ramanjaneya Temple [2] and Kumara Swamy Devasthana. PES Degree College is also located here.
This area is close to Jayanagar. It is home to eminent persons such as Devegowda, Anil Kumble, P. C. Mohan and Ramesh Arvind. Well-known theater artist Master Hirannaiah and popular detective novelist T. K. Rama Rao were residents of this locality.
It has two well-known hills: Banagiri, which houses the Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple, and Devagiri, which houses the Venkateshwara Temple. It is the main commercial area of Banashankari. It also subsumes areas like Jayanagar 8th Block, Padmanabhanagar, Kadirenahalli, Teachers Colony II Stage, Yarab Nagar, Karesandra, and Kaveri Nagar.
Teachers Colony: This locality, developed mainly for school teachers, is a very well-developed locality and has the famous Narasimha Temple. Kadirenahalli Cross, which is a big junction adjoins Teachers Colony.
Yarab Nagar is a Muslim-majority area. At Yarabnagar, there is a mosque by the name of Masjid-E-Quba.
Kadirenahalli was infamous for its long-delayed underpass which had hampered traffic in South Bangalore. The work started in 2008 and is now complete.
A relatively new area formed in the mid-1980s. It is divided into 3 phases and 9 blocks. It also subsumes the areas like Muneshwara Block, Srividya Nagar, Hosakerehalli, Veerabhadra Nagar, Kathriguppe, Girinagar, Vivekananda Nagar, Janatha Bazar, Ittamadu, and Channammanakere Achukattu.
A residential area which is named after a historical and famous lake in the vicinity. The NICE Road passes through this area. Institutions like Little Flower Public School and PES University are located here. Hosakerehalli is surrounded by RR Nagar, Kathriguppe, Ittamadu and Girinagar. The famous lake now has been partially encroached, and the land has been used up for the construction of houses. There have been no efforts from the government to claim the encroached land
The commercial area of BSK, Kathriguppe, hosts several outlets like Reliance Smart Bazaar, Puma, Adidas, Brand Factory, VIP Stores, Reliance Trends, Pantaloons, Reliance Digital, etc.
It adjoins the already developed ISRO Layout, Vasanthapura (Kumaraswamy Layout) localities, and is closer to ORR, Banashankari Temple/TTMC, Kanakapura Road Metro Cash & Carry, Jayanagar, J.P.Nagar, Basavangudi, Padmanabhanagar and the first four stages of BSK. It also subsumes areas like Bikasipura, Prashanthinagar, Yelachenahalli, Maruthi HBCS Layout, Vittal Nagar, and Devarakere Extension (ISRO Layout). [3]
It adjoins Gowdanapalya, Chikkalasandra, Subramanyapura, Arehalli and other areas of Uttarahalli.
It adjoins Uttarahalli, Marasandra, Konanakunte, Doddakalasandra, Poornaprajna HBCS Layout, Bharat HBCS Layout and Vaddarapalya more towards NICE Ring Road. [4]
Formed in the mid-2000s and still in a nascent stage in terms of development, this is the largest of all the BDA developed layouts so far. It is further divided into 15 blocks and subdivided into parts of Kengeri, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Uttarahalli, and Vajarahalli. This is a sprawling locality nestled between Kanakapura Road in the east, Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road in the north, and NICE Road in the west and south. The famous Thurahalli hill and the reserved forest around is in the heart of Banashankari 6th Stage. This is a very scenic, serene layout with a lot of greenery and rolling hills around.
The area boasts excellent connectivity through the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Additionally, it features a Volvo bus facility. There's a reconstructed bus stand and a Traffic Transit Management Centre. Moreover, the Green Line of Namma Metro traverses this locality.
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