Best of Bangalore

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka. With its salubrious climate, tree-lined avenues, trendy, yuppy downtown, and the software flood, Bangalore truly offers one a picture of striking contrasts. There are old beautiful bungalows, parks, hallowed places of worship and traditional market-places on the one hand, balancing with fashionable shopping malls, pubs, new architectural wonders and modern looking religious centres on the other. Check out what you like here and just get going!


Founded in 1537 by a local ruler, Kempe Gowda, Bangalore has been on the path of rapid industrialisation and has been dubbed as ‘Garden City’ and ‘Silicon Valley of India’. It is unique in every respect and has no other city like it in India. The city of future, Bangalore symbolises India’s transition from a developing nation to the hub of Information Technology.

Bangalore has its share of monuments, temples, dramas, exhibitions and culture. There is always something ‘happening’ in the city. Bangalore offers more than one or two days of sight seeing and is dotted with parks, lakes and landmarks.

Each cell in the table below lists places of interest in and around Bangalore, which can be visited in a day depending on the time spent at each place. The places in each cell are categorised on the basis of location and are close to each other. Click on the places in the table to find out more about them.

Vidhana Soudha
Attara Kacheri
Vishweshwaraiah Museum
State Archeological Museum
Venkatappa art gallery
Aquarium
Sheshadari Iyer Memorial Hall
Cubbon Park
Bal Bhavan Bangalore Palace
Sankey Tank
Planetarium
Karnataka Chitrakala
Parishat
Cariappa Memorial Park
Kadu Mallikarjunaswamy
Temple Bull Temple
Dodda Ganesha Temple
Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple
Ramkrishna Math
Shankar Math
Nandi Hills Bannerghatta National
Park ISKCON
Vishwa Shanthi Ashram
Sugreeva Venkateshwara Temple
Dharmaraya Temple Cauvery Emporium
Poompuhar
Gangothri
Ulsoor Lake Yediyur Lake
Tipu’s Fort
Lalbagh
Shivagange Ghati Subramanya Omkar Hills
Ramnagara
Janapada Loka
Ramohalli Devarayanadurga Tippagondanahalli
Savandurga
Manchinbele Dam