Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. It is located in South Bangalore, along the borders of Jayanagar. The name "Basavanagudi" refers to the

Bull Temple Dodda Basavana Gudi (the Nandhi Temple) is situated in Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, area of South Bengaluru, part of the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. The Hindu temple is inside a park called Bugle Rock. The bull referr ...

, which contains a monolith statue of the

Nandi Bull Nandi ( sa, नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshwara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of Kailash, the abode of Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone-images of a seated Nandi, ge ...

. The word ''Basava'' in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

means bull, and ''gudi'' means temple.Basavanagudi is one of the oldest and poshest areas of Bangalore. 4.6 km far from

Bangalore City Railway Station Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna - Bengaluru Station, commonly known as KSR Bengaluru station, Bengaluru City railway station or Bangalore City railway station (station code: SBC) is the main railway station serving the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka ...

and BMTC, and 38.7 km to

Kempegowda International airport Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Int ...

. The main commercial street of Basavanagudi is DVG Road, which is home to numerous retail businesses - several of them dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. Towards the middle of DVG Road is Gandhi Bazaar, known for its markets which sell fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The neighbourhood includes several historic restaurants, notably

Vidyarthi Bhavan Vidyarthi Bhavan ( kn, script=latn, Vidyārthi Bhavana; ) is a vegetarian tiffin restaurant in Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, South Bangalore. It has been considered an iconic establishment of the area and Bangalore in general, with its masala dos ...

, a vegetarian restaurant which was opened in 1943.

Parks

* M. N. Krishna Rao Park *

Bugle Rock Bugle Rock () is a massive rock in the Basavanagudi area of South Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka. It is an abrupt rise above the ground of peninsular gneiss as the main rock formation and with an assessed age of about 3,000 million years. ...

* T. R. Shamanna Park * Armugam Circle Park * Dewan Madhav Rao Circle Park * Ramakrishna Square * Home School Circle * Tagore Circle * Nettakallappa Circle

Events

Kadlekai Parishe Kadalekai Parishe ( kn, ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ ಪರಿಷೆ), is an annual groundnut fair held in Bangalore. This two-day fair is held near the Dodda Ganesha Temple in Basavanagudi. Apart from the Groundnuts, there are numerous stalls in the f ...

: Every year a two-day fair of peanuts is held near

Dodda Ganeshana Gudi Dodda Basavana Gudi (the Nandhi Temple) is situated in Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, area of South Bengaluru, part of the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. The Hindu temple is inside a park called Bugle Rock. The bull referre ...

temple of Basavanagudi called

, which translates to Groundnut Fair. Groundnuts are exhibited and sold during this event. * Bengaluru Ganesha Utsava: An annual event is held on the grounds of

Acharya Pathasala Public School Acharya Pathasala () is an organization in southern Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It was founded in 1935 by Prof. N Ananthachar. Acharya Pathasala Public School, started in 1989, is a co-educational English medium school, headed by Sri T. V. ...

National College, Bangalore The National College, Bangalore is the name given to two sister institutions in Bangalore, India: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1920, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965. Other related institutions, also called N ...

celebrating

Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi ( ISO: ), also known as Vinayak Chaturthi (), or Ganeshotsav () is a Hindu festival commemorating the birth of the Hindu god Ganesha. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's clay idols privately in homes and ...

festival for over 10 days. The evenings are studded with cultural programmes by artists from all over India.

Education

The Indian Institute of World Culture The Indian Institute of World Culture (IIWC), is a public institution that aims, via its activities, "to foster the growth of a truly cosmopolitan spirit among citizens of all nations." It is located on B.P Wadia Road in the Basavanagudi area o ...

, B P Wadia Road * Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs * B.M.S. College of Engineering * National College, Basavanagudi *

* National High School, KR Road, Basavanagudi * Vijaya College, R.V. Road, Basavanagudi * Mahila Seva Samaj, KR Road * Sree Saraswathi Vidhya Mandir *

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* Mahila Mandali Vidya Samsthe

Temples and religious places

* Ramakrishna Ashram/Math * Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple * Kaaranji Anjaneya Swamy Temple * Uttaradhi Mutt * Sringeri Shankarmutt * Hanumanthana gudda(Ramanjaneya Gudda Temple) * Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha * Magadi Karnikara Patha Shaale * Sri Vyasaraja Mutt Sosale * Raghavendra Swamy Brindavana * Puthige Mutt * Jamia Masjid Mohammedan Block * Renukamba Temple, MN Krishna Rao Park * Ayyappa Swamy Temple * Jayatheertha Brindavana Sanidhana, PMK Road, Basavanagudi,

Notable residents

D. V. Gundappa Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa (17 March 1887 – 7 October 1975), popularly known as DVG, was an Indian writer, poet and philosopher in Kannada-language. He is one of the stalwarts of modern Kannada literature. His most notable work is th ...

— Kannada poet and writer; after whom the DVG Road is named * Mysore Suryanarayana Bhatta Puttanna — Author of

Kannada literature Kannada literature is the corpus of written forms of the Kannada language, a member of the Dravidian family spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka and written in the Kannada script. Attestations in literature span one and a half ...

Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricket captain, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. Widely regarded as one of the best ...

— Former Indian cricketer and cricket coach *

Hosur Narasimhaiah H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah (more popularly Hossur Narasimhaiah; 6 June 1920 – 31 January 2005) was an Indian physicist, educator, writer, freedom fighter and rationalist from Karnataka. Publicly known as "HN", he was the Vice-Chancellor ...

— Physicist, educator and activist *

K. S. Nissar Ahmed Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed (5 February 1936 – 3 May 2020) was an Indian poet and writer in the Kannada language. He was awarded the Padma Shri (2008), the Rajyotsava Award (1981) and the Pampa award for his work (2017). He be ...

— Kannada poet and writer *

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly re ...

— Kannada poet and writer *

P. Lankesh Palya Lankesh (8 March 1935 – 25 January 2000) was an Indian poet, fiction writer, playwright, translator, screenplay writer and journalist who wrote in the Kannada language. He was also an award-winning film director. Early life and career ...

— Kannada Journalist *

Ananth Kumar Hegannahalli Narayana Shastry Ananth Kumar (22 July 1959 – 12 November 2018) was an Indian politician affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Min ...

— Indian political leader *

Srinath Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...

— Kannada actor * Navaratna Rama Rao - Political leader, writer and administrator

References

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