Indiranagar (officially Indiranagara), is an affluent, mid-sized neighbourhood in east

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, India. Indiranagar is one of the most expensive cosmopolitan neighbourhoods in Bangalore.

Community

The Indiranagar Sangeetha Sabha organises music and dance programmes. It also conducts promotional activities, seminars, puppet shows and annual cultural programmes such as vocal and instrumental music concerts. Sangeetha Sabha constructed Purandhara Bhavan which promotes performing arts, theatre and drama. Close to the Sangeetha Sabha is the Indiranagar Club spread across 2.5 acres of land. The membership fee is high at 10 lakh rupees and the club boasts of some of the best gym and work out equipment, yoga clubs, tennis courts, basketball ground, billiards tables, an exclusive cards room and a small library. Indiranagar has the Defence Colony Playground, located next to the Defence Colony Children's Park and the Old People's Park; the Defence Colony Park maintained by DECORA is close by. There are five big schools: Sree Cauvery School, Kairalee Niketan Edu Trust, National Public School, The Frank Anthony Public School and

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within the residential locality, as well as the

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. In addition, Indiranagar is also famous for having 100 ft. road, which has several high-end fashion brands as well as bars and pubs.

History

Indiranagar was formed as a BDA layout in the late 1970s, and was named after the former

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. In the beginning, the locality was primarily a suburb, dotted with large

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s and independent houses, mostly owned by defence personnel and public sector employees. Jack & Jones store

The Information Technology boom in Bengaluru in the late 1990s converted Indiranagar and its two arterial roads (

100 Feet Road Dr S. K. Karim Khan Road, commonly known as 100 Feet Road Indira Nagar. It is a road in the Indian city of Bangalore that links Old Madras Road with Old Airport Road. 100 Feet Road passes through four distinct sections within Indira Nagar. St ...

and Chinmaya Mission Hospital Road) into a semi-commercial area. Today, Indiranagar is an important residential and commercial hub of Bengaluru. Shop on the Indiranagr High Street

Indiranagar is divided into 2 stages, with the 1st stage being the largest. The villages which existed prior to the formation of Indiranagar such as Binnamangala, Lakshmipuram, Motappanapalya, Appareddy Palya, Doopanahalli, Kodihalli and Thippasandra as well as the neighbouring BDA layouts such as HAL 2nd Stage and HAL 3rd Stage are often considered as a part of Indiranagar.

Localities

Localities of Indiranagar include Indiranagar 1st and 2nd stage, HAL 2nd and 3rd Stages, Doopanahalli, Mottappana Palya, Michaelpalya, Defence Colony,

Jeevanbheemanagar Jeevana Vima Nagara is a residential area of east Bangalore. The area extends from the Indiranagar 80 Feet Road in the west to Suranjandas Road in the east. Sublocalties like New Thippasandra, HAL 3rd Stage, Geethanjali Layout, Annayappa Garde ...

, Kodihalli, Old Thippasandra.

Transport

The

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Purple Line runs through Indiranagar and has two stations within the neighbourhood – Indiranagar and Swami Vivekananda Road.It was the first section of the Bangalore metro to be operational. Indiranagar is well connected to most areas of Bengaluru with the buses of the BMTC, which also maintains a bus depot in the area.

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore Neighbourhoods in Bangalore Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi