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Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bangalore. The residential area is located in South Bangalore and borders Jayanagar. The name "Basavanagudi" named after the Bull Temple that is located here. Basava in Kannada, the local language, means Bull and Gudi means temple. Hence, the name Basavanagudi. The Bull Temple is one of the oldest and beautiful temple in Bangalore, This is almost 400+ years old temple built during the time of Kempe Gowda the founder of Bangalore. As the name says Bull, the temple is dedicated to Bull/Nandhi/Basava the mount of Lord Shiva. It is a monolith statue of the Nandi Bull. The Bull measures 15 feet tall,20 feet long
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Basavanagudi is one of the oldest areas in Bangalore. It is the replica of the Bangalore of yore, with wide tree lined avenues dotted with houses. Commercialization has taken a toll in this area with excessive tree felling to introduce residential and business structures. Lalbagh, falls as part of Basavangudi..
DVG Road & Gandhi Bazaar are the main commercial hubs. Gandhi Bazaar is famous for Vidyarthi Bahavan where one can find the best Masala Dosas. It also Houses Ramakrishna Ashram
Thyagarajanagar is one of the oldest locality in Bangalore. It is part of Basavanagudi in South Bangalore. This area boasts of home to several religious temples and only area where you can find one or the other religious activity hitting the charts everyday. Right from the Pooja's to songs, also houses the best singers and writers in the literature of Kannada. The famous Sai Baba Temple is also located in TR nagar.
Shankarpuram is famous for Sringeri Shankarmat. Most of the legal experts reside in this locality. Shankarpuram is also clustered with lots of Temples. The National College of Bangalore is located here, which was starded by Dr. H Narsasimhaiah. The Gayana Samaja conducts musical programs every month. Shortly Shankarpuram will be gifted by a under ground Metro connection by BMRCL which will connect Majestic via City Market.
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