Vidyaranyapura
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 Vidyaranyapura
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| Coordinates: 13°04′34″N 77°33′29″E / 13.076°N 77.558°ECoordinates: 13°04′34″N 77°33′29″E / 13.076°N 77.558°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Karnataka |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 560097 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-50 |
Vidyaranyapura is situated in the northern part of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. Vidyaranyapura, along with several other extensions of the city, comes under a constituency called Byatarayanapura. It comes under the Greater Bangalore jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Vidyaranyapura is a colony that was formed in the late 1970s. It was formerly owned by a rich landlord, who still owns a large mango garden called Dinshaw Estate. Legends suggest that it may have been a battlefield. This is supported by the name of a nearby a place called Dandina Kodigehalli ('dandina' in Kannada means a cantonment or military camp). The township is named after the great Kannada poet, saint and priest, Vidyaranya it has a famous Durga davi temple.
Vidyaranyapura is situated in the north-west part of Bangalore, about 3,050 ft (930 m) above sea level, at 13°05' N and 77°33' E. Nearby areas includeYelahanka, Thindlu, Kodigehalli, Doddabommasandra, Jalahalli, MS Palya and Sahakara Nagar.
It is a composite locality comprising multiple sub-blocks and layouts: AMS Layout, Ganesha Layout, Balaji Layout, Defence Colony, Nanjappa Layout, Chamundeshwari Layout, Srinidhi layout, BEL Layout (Bharat Electronics Ltd.), Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) layout, and National Technological Institutes layout.
Vidyaranyapura is located close to government sector factories like BEL [Bharat Electronics Limited] and HMT [Hindustan Machine Tools]. Premier educational institution such as the Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, and TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics are within few minutes drive and are also well connected by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus services. Thindlu is one of the oldest areas in Bengaluru and is one kilometer to the east of Vidyaranyapura post office and has an ancient temple of lord Virabhadra (a form of lord Shiva).
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