Bangalore - The City Of Baked Beans
Significance: Capital Of Karnataka.
Bangalore was Founded by: Kempe Gowda.
Languages Spoken in Bangalore: Hindi, Kannada, Telgu, Tamil, English.
The
capital city of Karnataka,
Bangalore, the fifth largest city in India, is the perfect blend of
natural beauty and man-made marvels of
architecture
and technology. Blessed with a salubrious climate and dotted with
beautiful parks, its tree-lined avenues, its trendy, yuppie downtown, and
the software flood, Bangalore truly offers one a picture of striking
contrasts.
Bangalore -- located 1,000m above sea level is one of the most
'happening' places in India. Bangalore, which literally means the 'town of
baked beans', was founded by Kempe Gowda, a chieftain of the Vijayanagar
Empire, around the 16th century. He built four towers in four directions
to specify its boundaries. However, Bangalore has far exceeded these
limits since.
Bangalore is fast emerging as one of the most industrialized cities in
India, keeping pace with the latest trends and fashion. Bangalore is
renowned, not only for its own beauty and technological advances, but also
for its easy access to the marvels of the land around it. These intriguing
sites of Bangalore include
gardens,
universities, temples and ancient ruins. The city of Bangalore also is a
gateway to Southern India. Bangalore is well connected to other major
cities. Today it has almost become the fastest growing city in Asia. The
bazaars and shopping malls of Bangalore
offer a fine selection of silks, sandal wood souvenirs, handicrafts and
fragrant incense sticks. Communication is very simple in this city where
people can converse in English, Kannada and Hindi with equal ease.
Origin of Name - Bangalore
Bangalore was first known as 'Benguluru'. The earliest reference to the
name Benguluru was found in a 9th century Ganga inscription on herostone.
This inscription was found in Begur and Benguluru is referred to as a
place in which a battle was fought. Most scholars believe that the name
has a floral origin and is derived from the tree 'Benga', also known as
the Indian Kino.
According to one of the stories associated with it, in the year 1120 AD,
the Chola King, Veera Ballalla ruled the Deccan plateau or the South of
India. On a hunting trip to the forest, he lost his way. Famished and
exasperated, after a long search, he met an old lady in the forest who
offered him shelter for the night and served him baked beans for dinner.
To show his gratitude to this lady for having helped him out, the King
constructed a town and named it as 'Benda Kalooru', which means 'Baked
Beans'.
The place that was referred to as 'Benguluru' in the Ganga inscription
was originally a hamlet and is found even today in a place called
Kodigehalli, which is not too far away from Hebbal. Today however, this
hamlet is called 'Halebenguluru' or 'Old Bangalore'.
It is believed that when Kempe Gowda I built the new capital in 1537 AD,
he used a more anglicised version of the name Benguluru and called the
town Bangalore. Kempegowda- I's mother and wife both belonged to the
township that is known as Halebenguluru today.
Best Time To Travel Banglore
Bangalore has a
pleasant climate. The greenery of the city is an added attraction along
with the climate. The numerous gardens and parks, streets lined with trees
are very soothing in what would have been a jungle of concrete.
Bangalore is
called the air-conditioned city in India as the city has dry tropical
savannah type of climate with warm summers, cold winters and very frequent
rains. But no weather goes to its extreme.
One can visit the city any time of the year and enjoy the salubrious
climate but it is advisable to avoid the rainy season between July and
September.
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