Vidyaranyapura is a nice township located to the west of University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK. It is rich in Flora with a variety of trees and plants which were planted by the Forest Department during its conversion into a locality. The native tree is predominantly the Eucalyptus which extends to kilometres in this region. The area is also in a higher elevation [about 10 meters] comparatively to the rest of the City.

The Vidyaranyapura main road has and leads to many places like playground, shopping malls, well known temples, Bus depot, post office and police station. There are more than 500 shops in this road, making it a commercial centre. It also has about 40 perpendicular cross and sub-main roads. The BMTC buses are very frequent here (almost 1 in every 3 min).It also leads to, in and around towns like Adityanagar, Sahakarnagara, Yelahanka and some educational institutions, degree & engineering colleges, etc. This Area is now close to the new Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) making the property prices increase in the past few years.

Vidyaranyapura is a colony which was formed around the late 1970s. It was formerly known to be owned by a rich Landlord and he still owns a large mango garden (Dinshaw Estate). Earlier legends state that it could have been a Battle-field at some point of time. This might have been possible as it is next to a place called Dandina Kodigehalli ('Dandina' in Kannada means a Cantonment or Military Camp).

The Durga Parameswari temple is a very famous temple in Vidyaranyapura. Except the main road, the place is quite calm. Recently in 2008, the government included the towns in the outskirts ( which were administered by CMC) of Bangalore under BBMP, for more efficient administration and development. Those towns come under Greater Bangalore. It is also a place where famous Kannada artists like Rajesh, Santosh J, Abhijit, Sudharani and Sandeep Michael, an international Hockey player who represent India live. The Suvarna Jubilee Park is visited in the morning by morning walkers and Children play Cricket and basket ball in the evening. There are also two lakes with beautifully constructed foot-paths for the health conscious people for walking.