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Seshadripuram : Bound by Kumara Park, High Grounds and Vasanth Nagar, this central area of Bangalore was named after Dewan Seshadri Iyer and added to the city in the year 1892 in the North-West direction. Sir Kumarapuram Seshadri Iyer, the longest serving Dewan of Mysore is often regarded as the architect of modern Bangalore.
Government offices such as Central Excise & Customs office, Chief Minister’s Guest house, Central Electricity Authority, Health Department and High Ground Police Station are situated in and around Seshadripuram.
Seshadipuram has many educational institutions and a few of them are; Seshadripuram College, Seshadripuram Educational Trust, Seshadripuram Law College, Seshadripuram College Of Pharmacy, Seshadripuram Composite PU College, Maharani Arts College, SJP Polytechnic For Women, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha and Government RC Institute Of Business Management.
Jain Nethralaya, Apollo RM Hospital, Mahaveer Eye Hospital, Mallige Medical Centre Hospital and Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain Nethralaya are some of the major hospitals in the area
The major roads connecting this part of city to the rest are Sampige road, Platform road, Seshadri road, Racecourse road, Lingaiah road. Malleswaram as well as Seshadripuram railway station are situated close to this place. Nataraj is a famous movie house and recognizable landmark of Seshadripuram.
High Grounds: Bound by Seshadripuram and Kumara Park, High Grounds is in the central administrative area of Bangalore. The Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium, founded in the year 1989 with the motive to instill an awareness of astronomy amongst students as well as the common public, is situated here. The Bangalore Golf Club, established in 1876 and the second oldest in India is on Sankey Road, a major road that connects High Grounds to Sadashivanagar. Sophia High School and Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan are prominent educational institutions. Some of the city’s finest hotels such as the Lalit Ashok, Windsor Manor & Le Meridien are located in High Grounds
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