Showing posts with label Cubbon park. Show all posts
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Bangalore Tourism

Bal Bhavan, Bangalore
Vidhan Soudha,Bangalore

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka and it has a superb pleasant climate all over the year. Bangalore is truly cosmopolitan city. Though Kannada is the official language, yet one feels perfectly comfortable speaking English, Hindi or any south Indian languages. Vidhan Soudha, Cubbon Park, Lal Bagh, Fort of Tippu Sultan, ri Guru Gangadhareshwara temple are some of important places in Bangalore for Tourists.

Vidhan Soudha: Built entirely from Bangalore granite a tribute to temple architecture, houses. Legislative Chambers of the State Government and offices of the administration are functioning here.

Cubbon Park: Situated in the heart of Bangalore, this park is around 300 acres of land. In 1864, the former Commissioner of Mysore Mr.Cubbon laid the foundation stone for this beautiful park.

Bal Bhavan: Walking distance from Cubbon Park,this is a paradise for children. It guarantees a lot of fun, joy in all sort of varieties and shapes and ocean of discovery.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Bangalore Tourist places

Bangalore Tourist places
Bangalore Tourist places

If you have time to visit Bangalore, there are many places here for the Tourists. They are Vidhan Saudha Ulsoor Lake, Lal Bagh Gardens, Cubbon Park, Nehru Planetarium, Tipu’s Summer Palace.

Vidhan Saudha is the Secretariat building of Karnataka Government is the one of the best known landmarks of Bangalore. It was built in 1954 and 1958. Ulsoor Lake is famous for picnic spot. Here you can enjoy boat riding.

In 1760 Hyder Ali designed the Lalbagh Garden which is a 240 acre Park. Here you can see the largest collection of plants and old trees. The rose Garden here attracts many visitors because of the 150 varieties of roses. Like London’s Crystal Palace, here the Glass House is the highlight of the park. Cubbon Park is a 300 acre park, which is named after Sir Mark Cubbon. In this park flowering trees, central library, aquarium, shady groves and fountains are main attraction for the tourists.