Banashankari

Coordinates: 12°56′14″N 77°33′15″E / 12.9373°N 77.5543°E / 12.9373; 77.5543
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Banashankari
neighborhood
Vidhan Sabha
constituency
Spread over Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagara, Bangalore South, and Vijayanagara
Banashankari Traffic and Transit Management Centre (TTMC)
South Bengaluru skyline as viewed from ISKCON, Vasanthapura.
Outer Ring Road in Hosakerehalli.

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.[1]

Banashankari temple (2013)

Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, stretching from

J.P. Nagar in the east, and Uttarahalli and Kengeri
in the south, encompassing parts of these neighborhoods.

Transport

The area boasts excellent connectivity through the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Additionally, it features a Volvo bus facility. There's a reconstructed bus stand and a Traffic Transit Management Centre. Moreover, the Green Line of Namma Metro traverses this locality.

References

  1. ^ "I Change My City". www.ichangemycity.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.