Bangalore Tourism Information

About Bangalore

Bangalore, now the IT Capital of India was once used to be the Pensioner’s Paradise of India. As the name suggests, so the place used to be. Pleasant Weather through out the year, peaceful roads, parks and gardens everywhere and very friendly people made the city get the name Pensioner’s Paradise.

Changing world and technology also changed the city by removing parks to accommodate wider roads, flyovers, malls, complexes etc., thus making the city slowly loose its reputation of being the Garden city of India.

Again, loyal citizens of the city, nature lovers, environmentalists came forward to make the city re-gain its earlier fame by planting thousands of trees at every possible places, developing new parks whenever a park is removed to accommodate new generation requirements.

Now the city of Bangalore, is not only the IT Capital of India but also becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations of Karnataka and India by featuring every kind of attraction for tourists of any age and any taste.

Places of Attraction

As a tourist destination, Bangalore features all kinds of attractions that are suitable to every kind of visitor to the city. Be it a big and beautiful garden, a religious or spiritual place, historical monument, amusement park, shopping center or a most happening discotheque the city has every kind of attraction.

Gardens and Parks

The most popular gardens of Bangalore are Lalbagh Botanical Gardens and Cubbon Park.

Lalbagh Botanical Gardens is spread across an area of 240 acres and hosts two of the most popular events of the city every year, which are the flower shows during Republic Day and Independence Day of India.

Lying in the heart of the city Cubbon Park is the biggest park of Bangalore spread across an area of 300 acres and features several monuments in its premises such as Attara Kacheri, Museum, Aquarium etc.,

Other prominent parks of Bangalore are Freedom Park and Bannerghatta Biological Park.

Apart from the above there are hundreds of mid to big sized parks in almost every area of the city.

Religious and Spiritual Places

As a cosmopolitan city, Bangalore is the home for people from several religions and regions. To accomplish everyone’s requirements, the city also is the home for several important religious and spiritual centers.

The most popular temples of Bangalore are ISKCON, Banashankari, RVM Foundation Shiva Mandir, Gavi Gangadhareshwara, Halasuru Someshwara, Big Bull temple etc., Being the city with Hindu’s as major part of its population Bangalore has several old and new temples at every corner of the city.

Famous churches in Bangalore are Infant Jesus Church, St Mary’s Basilica, Holy Trinity Church, St Mark’s Cathedral etc.,

Masjid-e-Khadria and Jumma Masjid are the big and popular mosques in Bangalore.

Other prominent religious places are Gurdwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Mahabodhi Loka Shanti Buddha Vihara.

Popular spiritual centers are Bangalore are Sri Sri Pandit Ravishankar Art of Living Ashram and Ramakrishna Ashram.

Amusement Parks

Amusement Parks of Bangalore offers unlimited fun to the visitors of any age. There are several amusement parks within the city and nearby.

The most popular amusement parks are Wonderla and Innovative Film City, which provides various activities such as water sports, fun and high thrill rides, rain dances, laser shows and many more.

Other popular amusement parks are Lumbini Gardens and Fun World which offers boating and several other rides and activities.

Useful Links

http://www.trip2blr.com/ – Site dedicated to Bangalore Tourism

http://www.karnatakaholidays.net/ – Official Karnataka Tourism Trips