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Church Street is a busy street in the
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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 ...
, India. It is a 750-metre stretch from
Brigade Road Brigade Road is a large commercial centre and one of the busiest shopping areas in the heart of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka State, India. It is a one-way connecting road from M G Road to Hosur Road, also connecting Residency Road and ...
to St. Mark's Road, running parallel to M G Road. The street is named for St. Mark's Cathedral to which it leads. A tourist hotspot, Church Street is a major shopping and
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area. It is also a popular
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celebration centre. In 2017, redevelopment work began on Church Street at a cost of 9 crore, which made it the first street in the city to be paved from granite
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s. The cobblestones were laid in a
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pattern to reflect Karnataka's cultural heritage. In 2020, Church Street ran a pilot project called Clean Air Street during which the street was converted into a
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with a complete ban on automobile traffic.


See also

* 2014 Bangalore bombing – an IED blast on Church Street that caused one death and injuries to four others. The attack was suspected to have been carried out by the terrorist organisation
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.


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