Basaveshwaranagar is a locality of Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

. It is named after Basavanna, a social reformer. It is located in the western part of the city.

Basaveshwaranagar subsumes several sub-localities like Kamalanagar, Sharada Colony, Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Colony, Kamakshipalya, Kurubarahalli, Saneguruvanahalli, SBI Officers colony, Nagapura

Mahalakshmipuram

Originally called West of Chord road 2nd stageMahalakshmipuram or Mahalakshmipuram layout or MLP layout is the name given an area in Bangalore. It was previously popular by the name NAGAPURA. There used be lot of snakes in early days hence was called NAGAPURA...

, Manjunatha Nagar, Shiva Nagar, Bhimajyothinagar and Agrahara Dasarahalli.

Health and leisure

Basaveshwaranagar, being a layout formed by the BDA, has several parks and playgrounds. Notable amongst these is the Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Stadium (ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಂಗಣ) which was built on the now extinct Dasarahalli Tank. This is located adjacent to Gangamma Thimmaiah Choultry, at the beginning of Agrahaara Dasarahalli. This ground has an exclusive skating rink, running track with space in center for holding all sorts of athletic activities, with a nice big gallery to seat about 500 spectators.
Basaveshwaranagar was also known to have a 400 year old tree The Big Banyan Tree (Dodda Aalada Mara) which was a home for hundreds of monkeys and birds, it was a known public park in the vicinity. The tree met its death in 2009 when it cracked up in the middle of its main trunk & fell apart. It has now been replaced by a new one.

Temples

• Muneshwara Temple, 2nd Stage, 1st Cross (Next street to TOTAL Gas)
• Vinayaka Temple, 2nd Stage (Bus stand opp road)
• Shankar Mutt.
• Ganesh Temple (8th main road).
• Lakshmi Narayan Temple (opposite Euro kids).
• Patallama Temple.
• Sri Manjunatha swamy Temple.

Schools

• Sri Aurobindo Vidya Mandir
• National Academy for learning (NAFL)
• SBI School
• Sri Vani School
• Florence School
• Indian English School
• S. Cadambi Vidya Kendra
• St.Charle's High School
• Carmel High School
• Saneguruvanahalli Govt School
• Sri Krishna International School
• VLS International School
• Sri Maruthi Convent
• VLS Convent
• Vidyasagar School
• Max Muller school

Colleges

• Vidya Vardhaka College
• Govt. Homeopathy College
• Unani college of Medicine
• S.Cadambi Vidya Kendra PU college
• Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (3D Animation & VFX) -Basaveshwarnagar
• Goutham College

Transport

Basaveshwaranagar is well served by buses and is about 5 km from the Kempegowda Bus Station

Kempegowda Bus Station

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 and Bangalore City Railway Station

Bangalore City Railway Station

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. Sharada colony bus station is the main bus junction.