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deer- and goat-skin, and VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
fine sculptures from the
Satvahana, Hoysala and Practical Information
Vijayanagar periods. Bengaluru district. 1,033 km
(642 miles) S of Mumbai.
R St Mark’s Cathedral * 4,292,500. n Govt of India
Mahatma Gandhi Rd. Tourist Office, 48 Church St,
Open Mon–Sun. (080) 2558 5417; Karnataka
This simple, Neo-Classical Tourism House, No. 8,
cathedral was completed Pappanna Lane, St Mark’s Rd,
(080) 4132 9211.
in 1812 and consecrated
Mysore painting from Venkatappa by the Bishop of Calcutta Transport
Art Gallery in 1816. An elegant, cream- k 40 km (25 miles) NE of city
coloured structure, it has an centre, then bus or taxi. £ @
The Venkatappa Art Gallery, imposing portico in front and
named after K Venkatappa, an apsidal recess at the rear.
an early 20th-century artist A shallow dome marks converted into a formal
patronized by the Wodeyar the internal crossing. garden with axial paths.
rulers of Mysuru, forms one Spread over 13,700 sq m
wing of this museum. In P Bengaluru Palace (147,466 sq ft), the palace
addition to a number of works N of Vidhana Soudha. Tel (080) 2336 fell into disrepair after 1949
by Venkatappa himself, the 0818. Open Mon–Sat. & when it was at the centre
gallery has watercolours and Built in 1880 at the exorbitant of an ownership dispute
paintings made in the Mysore cost of one million rupees, between the government
style. These works still retain the Bengaluru Palace was and the ruling Wodeyars.
a greenish coating, imparted modelled on Windsor Castle, It has since been restored
by a finishing rub with jade. complete with fortified towers to the Wodeyars and is now
The gallery also has a collection and turreted parapets. It stands rented out as a popular venue
of leather puppets made of amid undulating lawns, partly for wedding functions.
Bengaluru City Centre
1 Vidhana Soudha 4 Government Museum
2 Attara Kacheri 5 St Mark’s Cathedral
3 Cubbon Park 0 metres 800
0 yards 800

Airport
Bengaluru 40 km (25 miles)
Palace Ulsoor
SHIVAJI Lake
NAGAR
P A L A C E R O A D Vidhana Attara Cricket C U B B O N R O A D St Andrews K K A M A R A J R O A D DICKENSON RD
I N F A N T R Y R O A D
D R A M B E D K A R R O A D
Soudha
Church
Vidhana
Soudha Kacheri Stadium
Cubbon
Cubbon Park Parade
Park Ground
Bus Station M A H A T M A MG
POST OFFICE RD Museum KASTURBA GANDHI RD Cathedral C H U R C H S T R E E T
2 km (1 mile) Government St Mark’s Road U L S O O R R D
S T M A R K ' S R O A D
Sheshadri Iyer
Memorial
N I R U
3.5 km (2 miles) MUSEUM ROAD B RI GA DE R OA D G A N D H I R O A D
K AST URB A G AN DH I R OA D VITTAL MALLYA ROAD G R A N T R D F M C A R I A P P A R O A D St Patricks
L A V E L L E R O A D
Church
ROAD
DISTRICT OFFICE
Railway Station P A T H U N G A R O A D
All Saints
J C RD R A J A R A M M O H A N R O Y R O A D G E N T H I M M A I A H R O A D Church V I C T O R I A R D
Tipu Sultan’s Palace,
Gavi Gangadhareshvara Temple Lalbagh
For keys to symbols see back flap
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