Malleshwaram
| Malleshwaram | |
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 Malleshwaram
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| Coordinates: 12°58′48″N 77°34′30″E / 12.98°N 77.575°ECoordinates: 12°58′48″N 77°34′30″E / 12.98°N 77.575°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Metro | Bengaluru |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 560003 |
Malleshwaram is a north-western neighbourhood in Bangalore city. It's one of the zones of BBMP. It was developed as a planned suburb after the great plague of 1898, which caused many people to move out of the city center. It derives its name from the Kaadu Malleshwara temple.
H. V. Nanjundaiah is credited with the founding of Malleswaram. The neighborhood of Malleswaram hosts people from all walks of life. The Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi and Jaggesh have all lived here.
The ward is characterized by mixed demographics, sustaining a substantial middle class, upper middle class, and elite residential areas. The middle and lower class populations live to the East, while the elite residential areas are on the West. The lanes are designed with horizontal, north-south roads called main roads, and east-west roads called cross-roads. Two of the major main roads are given a flower name as Sampige Road and Margosa Road, since there was a lot of respective flower trees on these roads. Sampige road begins at Rajiv Gandhi Chowk and runs all the way to 18th cross and is officially named after one of the Founders of this neighbourhood - S. Venkataranga Iyengar. It caters to traffic traveling from Majestic/Kempegowda Bus Station towards Yeshwantpur. Margosa Road caters to the vehicle movements in the reverse direction, that is, from Yeshwanthpur to Majestic.
On the cross-roads, 8th cross road is a popular shopping street - with everything from clothes to fruits, vegetables and flowers available. The road is always buzzing with people. During festivals, the road between Sampige and Margosa is closed to traffic and resembles a market with items pertaining to each festival put up on sale. Another prominent landmark in Malleswaram is the Indian Institute of Science. The World Trade Center (WTC) is near Malleswaram.
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