My recent visit
to Bangalore to attend wedding of my nephew was a memorable one.
Though I stayed for less than a week but I managed to visit few
tourist spot.
Lal baug garden
located in the heart of the city is spread over 240 acres of
greenery and considered the lungs of the city serving fresh air
against the city pollution. Covering the entire garden by foot is
an exhaustive exercise but it is worth it.
Chickpet market
is famous for silk & kancheepuram sarees. I was told that 40 miles
away from Bangalore there many farms breeding silkworms out of which
the finest silk is spun out. Garment shops in chickpet offer all
kind of exotics colours and exquisite hand embroidered sarees. For
bulk buyers the purchase turns out pretty cheap.
There is number
of temples in Bangalore but none to beat the bull temple in term of
spiritual fulfillment. The gigantic stone carved sculpture of Bull
located inside the temple is awesome sight that instills within us a
feeling of piousness and bliss.
When you talk of
Bangalore one cannot miss mentioning about its balmy cool climate,
no sooner I landed in Bangalore the skies opened out welcoming us
with drizzle. Throughout my stay the sky remained overcast with
intermittent rains and nip of chill hung in the air.
The area around
majestic (old Bangalore) has cluster of old buildings milling with
crowds. The roads are narrow with lot of interjection thrown in,
creating traffic bottlenecks. The city terribly lacks in
infrastructure with hardly any flyovers built. I am told that Metro
is coming up, hopefully that will ease the traffic congestion.
Whereas the
outskirt of the city offers an impressive sight with top corporate
IT honchos located there. Bangalore is the hub of IT industry and
it is the common sight to see computer geeks carrying laptops round
the clock and sleek cars dropping call centre employees at offices.
Swanky Pubs and restaurants and shopping malls are sure sign of the
city coming on its own.
