Basavanagudi

Basavanagudi
Basavanagudi
Neighbourhood
	Bull Temple, Basavanagudi
	Basavanagudi
	Coordinates: 12.94°N 77.57°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bangalore
Population (Census 2011)
• Total	32,640 [1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560004,560019,560028

Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bangalore. Basavanagudi is one of the oldest and poshest areas of Bangalore.[2] It is located in South Bangalore, along the borders of Jayanagar. It is in close proximity to Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. The name "Basavanagudi" refers to the Bull Temple, which contains a monolith statue of the Nandi Bull. The word Basava in Kannada means bull, and gudi means temple.[3] The main commercial street in Basavanagudi is DVG Road, which is home to numerous retail businesses - several of them dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. Towards the middle of DVG Road is Gandhi Bazaar, known for its market which sells fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables.[4] The neighbourhood includes several historic restaurants, notably Vidyarthi Bhavan, a vegetarian restaurant which opened in 1943.[5]

Parks

M. N. Krishna Rao Park[6]
Bugle Rock
T. R. Shamanna Park
Armugam Circle Park
Dewan Madhav Rao Circle Park
Ramakrishna Square
Home School Circle
Tagore Circle
Nettakallappa Circle

Events

Kadlekai Parishe: Every year a two-day fair of peanuts is held near Dodda Ganeshana Gudi temple of Basavanagudi called Kadlekai Parishe, which translates to Groundnut Fair. Groundnuts are exhibited and sold during this event.[7]
Bengaluru Ganesha Utsava: An annual event is held on the grounds of Acharya Pathasala Public School or National College, Bangalore celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi festival for over 10 days. The evenings are studded with cultural programmes by artists from all over India.[8]

Education

Theosophical Society, Basavanagudi

The Indian Institute of World Culture, B P Wadia Road
Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs
B.M.S. College of Engineering
National College, Basavanagudi
Acharya Pathasala Public School
National High School, KR Road, Basavanagudi
Vijaya College, R.V. Road, Basavanagudi
Mahila Seva Samaj, KR Road
Sree Saraswathi Vidhya Mandir
Bangalore High School
Mahila Mandali Vidya Samsthe

Temples and religious places

Dodda Ganeshana Gudi
Ramakrishna Ashram/Math
Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple
Kaaranji Anjaneya Swamy Temple
Uttaradhi Mutt
Sringeri Shankarmutt
Hanumanthana gudda(Ramanjaneya Gudda Temple)
Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha
Magadi Karnikara Patha Shaale
Sri Vyasaraja Mutt Sosale
Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana
Puthige Mutt
Jamia Masjid Mohammedan Block
Renukamba Temple, MN Krishna Rao Park
Ayyappa Swamy Temple
Jayatheertha Brindavana Sanidhana, PMK Road, Basavanagudi,

Notable residents

D. V. Gundappa — Kannada poet and writer; after whom the DVG Road is named[9]
Mysore Suryanarayana Bhatta Puttanna — Author of Kannada literature
Anil Kumble — Former Indian cricketer and cricket coach
Hosur Narasimhaiah — Physicist, educator and activist
K. S. Nissar Ahmed — Kannada poet and writer
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar — Kannada poet and writer
P. Lankesh — Kannada Journalist
Ananth Kumar — Indian political leader
Srinath — Kannada actor
Navaratna Rama Rao - Political leader, writer and administrator

References

"Ward information page: 154 - Basavanagudi". 20 August 2015.
"Posh Areas in Bangalore: 10 Expensive Residential Areas in Bangalore". housing.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
"Celebration of life in Basavanagudi". The Hindu. 24 June 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007.
"Gandhi Bazaar: Bangalore markets series". Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
Staff Reporter (29 May 2018). "75 years of Bengaluru's famed benne masala dose". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
"MN Krishna Rao park is still a favourite".
Ground nut festival| Basava Festival | Kadlekai Parishe
"Eight places across India you must visit to see Ganesh Utsav celebrations". The Asian Age. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
Shekhar, Divya. "Date with History: Did you know that Basavanagudi's bustling bazaar is named after a literary giant?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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[1] "Ward information page: 154 - Basavanagudi". 20 August 2015.

[2] "Posh Areas in Bangalore: 10 Expensive Residential Areas in Bangalore". housing.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[3] "Celebration of life in Basavanagudi". The Hindu. 24 June 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007.

[4] "Gandhi Bazaar: Bangalore markets series". Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[5] Staff Reporter (29 May 2018). "75 years of Bengaluru's famed benne masala dose". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[6] "MN Krishna Rao park is still a favourite".

[7] Ground nut festival| Basava Festival | Kadlekai Parishe

[8] "Eight places across India you must visit to see Ganesh Utsav celebrations". The Asian Age. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[9] Shekhar, Divya. "Date with History: Did you know that Basavanagudi's bustling bazaar is named after a literary giant?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 February 2021.