Banashankari
Banashankari, commonly abbreviated as BSK, is a locality spread across South and West Bangalore. Its name is derived from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's renowned temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.Photo: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ranga Shankara and Lal Bagh.
Ranga Shankara
Theater building
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Ranga Shankara is one of Bangalore's well known theatres. It is located in the south Bangalore area of J.P Nagar and is run by the Sanket Trust. The auditorium, which opened in 2004, was envisioned by Arundathi Nag, in remembrance of her late husband, Shankar Nag, who was a renowned actor in the Kannada film industry. Ranga Shankara is situated 1½ km southeast of Banashankari.
Lal Bagh
Park
Photo: Chidambara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lalbagh Botanical Garden or simply Lalbagh, is a botanical garden in Bengaluru, India. It was originally built by Hyder Ali in 1760, during the Sultanate of Mysore. Lal Bagh is situated 4 km northeast of Banashankari.
Dodda Basavana Gudi
Hindu temple
Photo: Rkrish67, Public domain.
Dodda Basavana Gudi 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. Dodda Basavana Gudi is situated 3 km north of Banashankari.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thyagarajanagar and Jayaprakash Nagar, Bengaluru.
Thyagarajanagar
Quarter
Thyagarajanagar is one of the oldest localities in Bengaluru Thyagarajanagar is approximately 500 years old area in Bangalore. It is part of Basavanagudi in South Bengaluru. The area has several religious temples.
Jayaprakash Nagar, Bengaluru
Suburb
Jayaprakash Nagara also known as J P Nagara, is an upscale residential neighbourhood located in the south of Bangalore, India. It is named after prominent Indian leader Jayaprakash Narayan.
Chikkalasandra
Quarter
Chikkalasandra is a suburb of Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka. Chikkalasandra is also called as " Mini Chittoor " by the locals due to its large immigrant population from nearby Chittoor district of Andhrapradesh. Chikkalasandra is situated 2½ km west of Banashankari.
Banashankari
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- Location: Bangalore (South), Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Kannada to Ukrainian—“Banashankari” goes by many names.
- Kannada: “ಬನಶಂಕರಿ”
- Tamil: “பனசங்கரி”
- Ukrainian: “Банашанкарі”
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