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Malleshwaram | |
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Neighbourhood | |
    Mantri central, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Mallapura 1669CE Ekoji Inscription, Mantri mall | |
  Malleshwaram | |
| Coordinates:13°00′11″N77°33′51″E / 13.0031°N 77.5643°E /13.0031; 77.5643 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Metro | Sampige Road metro station |
| District | Bengaluru Urban district |
| Founded by | H. V. Nanjundaiah |
| Area | |
• Neighbourhood | 3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Neighbourhood | 99,625 |
| • Density | 25,196/km2 (65,260/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 487,284 |
| • Metro density | 17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560003, 560012, 560055 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-04 |
Malleshwaram is a northwest neighbourhood and one of thezones ofBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike inBengaluru, India. It was planned in 1889[1] after thegreat plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895.[2][3] As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya[4] and was later named after theKadu Malleshwara Temple.[5] The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them beingWorld Trade Center Bengaluru. It has two shopping malls,Mantri Square andOrion Mall (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub,it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards,Mysore Education Society, Institute of Wood Science and Technology andIndian Institute of Science .
The earlier name of Malleshwaram wasMallapura as documented in theEkoji Inscription of Malleshwaram dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of theMaratha chiefEkoji, half brother ofShivaji who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undatedKannada inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 ofEpigraphia carnatica, it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established.
H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram.[5] The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureateC.V. Raman, scientistKrishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world championPrakash Padukone and his daughterDeepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musicianDoraiswamy Iyengar and film starsSaroja Devi,Ananth Nag andJaggesh have all lived here.
Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such asCTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores,New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores,[6] and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.[7]
H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram.[5] The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureateC.V. Raman, scientistKrishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world championPrakash Padukone and his daughterDeepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musicianDoraiswamy Iyengar and film starsSaroja Devi,Ananth Nag andJaggesh have all lived here.
Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such asCTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores,New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores,[8] and Snehajeeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.[9]
It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity toYeshwanthpur,Gokula,Rajajinagar,Sadashivanagar,Seshadripuram and theKempegowda Bus Station. The closest metro stations to this place are theSampige Road metro station andSrirampura metro station.
A few tourist attractions in and around Malleshwaram are Kaadu Malleshwara Temple,Orion Mall,Mantri Square Mall,Bangalore Palace,ISKCON Temple andSankey tank.
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