Vidyaranyapura

Vidyaranyapura formerly known as Narsipura is situated in the Northern Part of Bangalore City. It is the southern tip of the place 'Yelahanka' where folklore says that Kempe Gowda, the founder of Bangalore, was supposedly born. The name of the township is after the great Kannada poet Vidyaranya.

It has been divided into 7 blocks as well as small colonies [BEL & HMT, NTI Layout, Industrial Employees Layout etc.] respectively. It is located very close to the big Government sectors like BEL [Bharat Electronics Limited] and HMT [Hindustan Machine Tools] . A large number of residents working in these organistations were granted sites at concessional rates. Commercially, the land-rates of Vidyaranyapura have always been low considering of the fact of its distance from the main city. Though now, a various number of shopping arcades, eateries and stores have been opened due to the eventual rise in population. It is also provided with ample transportation with the Local Bus Service BMTC, "bus number 276". It is one of the greenest parts of Bangalore with all kinds of linguistic people. The primary language being Kannada, though Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu dominate equally.

Vidyaranyapura is a beautiful township located to the west of University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK. It is rich in Flora with a variety of trees and plants which were planted by the Forest Department during its conversion into a locality. The native tree is predominantly the Eucalyptus which extends to kilometres in this region. The soil is very rich in nutrients and has a distinct Red colour to it. The area is also in a higher elevation [about 10 meters] comparatively to the rest of the City.Vidyarnayapura Main Road: The main road has and leads to many like places playground, shopping malls, well known temple,Bus depot,post office, police station etc in vidyaranyapura.There are more than 500 shops in this road, making it a commercial centre. It also has about 40 perpendicular cross and sub-main roads.The BMTC buses are very frequent here(almost 1 in every 3 min). Every day about 15000 vehicles pass through the road(*on non-holidays).It also leads to, in and around towns like Adityanagar, Sahakarnagara, Yelahanka and some educational institutions,degree & engineering colleges,etc.

Land Price: 2008: In Main Road:Rs 3999/ sqft: 2499/- Inside

Vidyaranyapura is a colony which was formed around the late 1970s. It was formerly known to be owned by a rich Landlord and he still owns a large mango garden ( Dinshaw Estate). Earlier legends state that it could have been a Battle-field at some point of time. This might have been possible as it is next to a place called Dandina Kodigehalli, which, 'Dandina' in Kannada means a Cantonment or Military Camp.

Landmarks in Vidyaranyapura

The Durga Parameswari temple is a very famous temple in Vidyaranyapura. Vidyaranyapura is situated in the north-west part of Greater Bangalore,about convert|3050|ft|m|abbr=on above the sea level,at 13'deg 05'min N and 77'deg 33'min E. Vidyaranyapura - Dodda Bettahalli is highest peak in Bangalore. The place is very cool, it has more than 6 parks filled with greenery, the roads here are good. Except the main road, the place is calm. Recently in 2008 the government included the towns in the outskirts( which were administered by CMC) of Bangalore under BBMP, for more efficient administration and development. Those towns come under Greater Bangalore. It is also a place where famous Kannada artists like Rajesh,Santosh J, Abhijit, Sudharani live, also Sandeep Michael, an international Hockey player who represent India live. The Suvarna Jubilee Park is visited in the morning by morning walkers and Children play Cricket and basket ball in the evening. There are two lakes with beautifully constructed foot-paths for the health concious people for strawling.

Roads and Circles

*Vidyaranyapura Main Road named after the Kannada Poet Rastrakavi Kuvempu.
*Thindlu Road - to Bellary Road - International Airport
*MS Palya Road
* Ramachandrapura Road leading to Jalahalli -Peenya
*Thindlu Circle
*DoddaBommasandra Market
*Nanjappa Circleand1st Block Prakash tea Shop and 1st block Ganesha and this tea shop is one of a important landmark to Vidyaranyapura

Buildings

*Vidyaranyapura Main Post Office
*State Bank of India
*Canara bank
*Corporation Bank
*Syndicate Bank
*Vidyaranyapura Police Station
*Karnataka Bank
*Chandana Palace
*Dwaraka Kalyana Mantapa
*State Bank Of Mysore
*Vijaya Bank
*Deepak Sahakari Bank
*Food World
*Neilgiris
*Reliance Fresh
*One Retail
*Tarang Cyber pub(Black),But it is lofer browsing centre
*More-shoping

Bank ATM'S

*Canara Bank
*State Bank of India
*State Bank of Mysore
*Corporation Bank
*Syndicate Bank
*ICICI Bank
*Karnataka Bank
*Axis Bank
*HDFC Bank Coming Soon near ayush beauty barlour in on the way to nanjappa circle from 1st block

Places of Worship

*Durga Parameshwari Temple
*Anjeneya Swamy Temple
*Ganesha Temple
*Sri Venkateshwara Temple, IEHCS Layout
*Krishna Temple, Doddabomsandra.
*Nativity Church
*Zion Church

Hotels/Restaurants

# Annapoorna Veg restaurant
# Prasad Cafe
# Benaka Sweets and Chats
# Ganesh Bakery
# Shiva Family Restaurant
# Mr. Chef Family Restaurant
# Cafe Coffee Day

Educational Institutions

*MES Kishore kendra, Primary School
*Oriental English School
*Devamata English School
*Nisarga Kala Niketana (Opp. Sri RaviShankar Vidyamandira)
*Sumpoorna Basketball School, Nanjappa Layout III Phase, Vidyaranyapura-98860 20145

Hospitals

*Ketham's hospital
*Krithika Hospital
*Soukya Hospital
*Vijaya Clinic

Doctors

*Dr.K.V.Krishnaprasad: General :
*Dr.Gopalakrishna : General
*Dr.Chandrasekhar : ENT
*Dr.Chitra: : Gynacology
*Dr.P.N.N.Gupta : Pathology
*Dr.Arun Alexander : ENT
*Dr.Anil Mathew : Orthopaedics
*Dr.Deepak Mohan : X-Ray Clinic
*Dr. Nanda Kumar. K : Dentist.
*Dr. Kiran Kumar. VT : Dentist

Shopping

* Food World
* MORE For You
* Reliance Fresh
* Bangalore Fresh Green Garden
* Maha Bazar
* Subhiksha
* NEXT
* BATA Show Room
* LANDMARK ( Mobile Showroom )
* WHIZZ Colour Lab
* Galaxy Colour Lab
* HOPCOM Vegetable Outlet
* Sri Ram Supermarket
* Mythri Bazar

Playgrounds

Golden Jubilee Grounds - Vidyaranyapura Sports Club [Basketball]

Travel Bus Time Table

Vidyaranyapura Bus Station (Last Bus Stop) Pushpak Bus Route Nos., Route Nos. with Destination are given below:
*Read as Route No, Originating From, Destination

* 269B Vidyaranyapura Kempegowda Bus Stand Via: Ramachandrapura
* 276 Vidyaranyapura Kempegowda Bus Stand
* 276/210A (Old No) Kempegowda BS- ISRO Layout
* MBS9 Vidyaranyapura ISRO Layout
* 275D Vidyaranyapura Kempegowda Bus Stand
* 276P Vidyaranyapura Kempegowda Bus Stand
* 276J+ Yelahanka - Vidyaranyapura -Kempegowda Bus Stand
* 276H Vidyaranyapura JP NGR. 6TH PHASE
* 276N Vidyaranyapura Chikkalasandra Naidu Lyt
* 276E Vidyaranyapura K R Market
* 276A Vidyaranyapura Shivajinagar Bus Stand
* 288E/314 ( Old No )TIndlu - RT Nagar-Cantonment, Shivaji Nagar ,M.G.Road, Indira Nagar, C V Raman nagar
* MBS6 Vidyaranyapura C V Raman Nagar
* 401B+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura Hampinaga
* 401E+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura 5th phase to Chandra Layout
* 401F+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura Chandra Layout
* 401G+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura Upanagara to Hampinagar
* 401K+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura Kengeri
* 401Q+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura M.C.T.C Bus Stand
* 401R+ Yelahanka Vidyaranyapura BEML 5TH Block
* 248D Jalahalli Cross - Peenya Industrial Estate
* 503 Ring Road: Hebbal- Marathahalli
* 286C+ JAKKUR Yeshwantpur Bus Stand

NOTE: + Buses not originating from Vidyaranyapura

For Other Bus Routes please visit BMTC Website

http://www.bmtcinfo.com/jsp/index.jsp

External links

* http://www.vidyaranyapura.com
* http://wikimapia.org/100559/
* http://www.sparshayurveda.com