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Avenue Road ( tautological name, ) is a busy Bangalore - Information
/ref> Avenue Road is known for its traditional trade in used books, garments and textiles, jewellery and pawn brokering. Standing on Avenue Road, Bangalore Pete is also the Rice Memorial Church, Bangalore, named after Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, a missionary of the
Avenue Road ( tautological name, ) is a busy shopping
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and commercial street in Bangalore
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, the state capital of Karnataka
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, India
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. It is located in Chickpet and runs through the heart of the city. It also connects the Mysore Road
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and K G Road in the city. It is in close proximity to Majestic bus station
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and Bangalore City Railway station
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.
Earlier, Avenue Road was known as ''Doddapete''./ref> Avenue Road is known for its traditional trade in used books, garments and textiles, jewellery and pawn brokering. Standing on Avenue Road, Bangalore Pete is also the Rice Memorial Church, Bangalore, named after Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, a missionary of the
London Missionary Society
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(LMS), a Canarese
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scholar and a pioneer of education in the Bangalore Pete region. The Church stands on the grounds of the London Mission Canarese Chapel which was established in 1834, by William Campbell.
See also
* Bengaluru Pete * Rice Memorial Church, BangaloreReferences
External links
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