THE GARDEN CITY - BANGALORE


Bangalore is booming, and a look at some of its nicknames says why: "India's Silicon Valley", "Fashion Capital of India", "The Pub City of India", and on. Home to well over 6 million people, and a base for 10,000 industries, Bangalore is India's fifth largest city and the fastest growing city in Asia.

The capital of the state of Karnataka, Bangalore is situated halfway betwen the coasts in southern India. The city was founded in the 16th century, and witnessed great southern dynasties like the Kadambas, the Hoysalas and Vijayanagar emperors. Legend has it that the name Bangalore comes from "boiled beans" (Benda Kaluru), which were served by a humble old lady to a hungry ruler in the 10th century.

Surprisingly, despite some adverse environmental impact of industrial development in Bangalore, another of its nicknames is "The Garden City". That's thanks to many local parks, along with pink cassias, golden acacias, and jacarandas which bloom throughout the city.

Many international visitors come to Bangalore for its excellent schools and universities, such as the Indian Institute of Science. While enjoying the warm weather year-around, tourists can also use the city as a central base for day trips to other Karnataka attractions. And Bangalore doesn't only produce fine silk and software. "The Fruit Market of the South" is great for grapes, mangoes and guavas.

Last but not the least, Bangalore is even gaining the status of the "Floriculture Capital" due to the present blossoming of flower exports from the city. Because of its rich stone resources, Bangalore is also known as the "Stone City", for its granite deposits.


BANGALORE, Prefferred IT destination scores over other Indian cities. Consider this:

1. It boasts of more global big names in IT than the rest of India combined (IBM, Compaq, Lucent, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, Oracle).

2. It is home to over 75,000 IT professionals. Which is more as compared to any other Indian city.

3. Bangalore generates bigger revenues from software exports than any other Indian state.

4. Karnataka, the state where bangalore is located, has more than 77 engineering colleges which churn out 15% of Indias engineering graduates. 80% of these graduates land up in the IT industry.

5. Bangalore offers a cosmopolitan living environment, low crime rates, good weather all-year-long and a plentiful supply of quality manpower.


People

Bangalore, the city of 4 million people undoubtedly the fastest growing city in Asia, is a dynamic mix of a fascinating history & an equally wondrous techno culture. Among the rustle of the trees & the threat of rain, the lush foliage of the city invites you to live
life to the fullest, the smells & sounds carrying the very essence of traditional Deccan life.

Like any other Indian city, Bangalore with its pollution, rich, poor & middle class, its vegetable markets, autorickshaws, crazy traffic, cows roaming the streets, government bureaucracy & more offers more to life. The roots of global culture are very prominent among the people of Bangalore, be it the IT ring or the more than tens-of-thousands of students.

Best known within India for being the countrys unofficial high-tech capital, the city is the playground of many Indian as well as multinational Infotech companies. Filtering down to everyday life, cyber joints can be found in every major block of the city. It is the urban-oriented, technology based culture that drives the people of this beautiful city, to make what it is.

Bangalore Pictures
ISKON Temple
MG Road	High Court
Vidhana Soudha, The Legislature House
Technology Park	Bangalore Palace
Sankey Tank	The Auto-Most Popular Transport
Lalbagh Glass House
Queen Victoria Satue-Cubbon Park
Cubbon Park
Flower Show