Bengaluru Urban district

Worth seeing in and around Bengaluru Urban district

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore

   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.

   3.9 km · botanical garden in Bangalore, India · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sree Kanteerava Stadium

   Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, also known as Sampangi Outdoor Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Bengaluru, India. It houses a running track, a volleyball court, and two outdoor rock climbing walls.

   3.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cubbon Park

   Cubbon Park, officially Sri Chamarajendra Park, is a landmark park in Bengaluru, located in the heart of the city in the Central Business District. Originally created in 1870 under Major General Richard Sankey, then British Chief Engineer of Mysore State, it covered an area of 100 acres.

   3.6 km · park in Bangalore, India · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dharmaraya Swamy Temple

   Shri Dharmaraya Swamy Temple is one of the oldest and most famous Hindu temples of the city of Bengaluru, in Karnataka, India.

   2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bengaluru Fort

   Bangalore Fort began construction in 1537 as a mud fort. The builder was Kempe Gowda I, a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire and the founder of Bangalore.

   1.9 km · fort in Bengaluru, India · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace

   Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, in Bangalore, India, is an example of Indo-Islamic architecture and was the summer residence of the Mysorean ruler Tipu Sultan. Hyder Ali commenced its construction within the walls of the Bangalore Fort in 1781, and it was completed during the reign of Tipu Sultan 10 years later in 1791.

   1.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Dodda Ganeshana Gudi

   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.

   3.2 km · temple in Bangalore, India · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Government Museum, Bengaluru

   Government Museum, Bengaluru, established in 1865 by the Mysore State with the guidance of Surgeon Edward Balfour who founded the museum in Madras and supported by the Chief Commissioner of Mysore, L.B. Bowring, is one of the oldest museums in India and the second oldest museum in South India. It is now an archaeological museum and has a rare collection of archaeological and geological artifacts including old jewellery, sculpture, coins and inscriptions.

   3.9 km · museum in Bengaluru, India · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Karnataka Samskrit University

   Karnataka Samskrit University is a university in Bangalore, Karnataka. Its aim is the development and research in Sanskrit language.

   1.8 km · state public university in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, India · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute

    Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute, formerly Bangalore Medical College, is a medical college in Bengaluru, India run by the Government of Karnataka. It is on K.R. Road, near City Market.

    2 km · medical college run by the Government of Karnataka · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bengaluru Urban district

Airports

Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 30 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 223 km · Tirupati (TIR), 227 km

Stations

Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna railway station, 1.2 km · Kempegowda Bus Station, 1.5 km · Majestic metro station, 1.5 km · Dr. B. R. Ambedkar metro station, Vidhana Soudha, 3.5 km · Chickpete metro station, 1.6 km

• Coimbatore → Bengaluru Urban district

  225 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · ₹2,170–2,710
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• Tirupati → Bengaluru Urban district

  216 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · ₹1,630–2,030
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• Kannur → Bengaluru Urban district

  267 km · quickest by road, 5h 51m · ₹2,030–2,540
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