VV Puram Food Street or Visveswara Puram Food Street is a

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in Visveswarapura,

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. Located near Sajjan Rao Circle, the street has over 20 food stalls in less than 150 meters serving varieties of

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, sweets,

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and

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dishes. Called Thindi Beedi in Kannada and Khaau Gali in Hindi, the food street is said to have a

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among Bangaloreans. The street typically becomes busy after six in the evening. The food street hosts the "Avarekai Mela" annually in the winter months of December/January, when varieties of dishes are prepared using avarekai (

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