Bengaluru The Grantite Capital

Our Bengaluru

Few Cities in the World have the power to attract and motivate a casual visitor to move there permanently. Bangalore is one of those rare cities which makes people who are new to the City to call themselves proud Bangaloreans

Bangalore, a real cool place on Planet Earth is the capital of Karnataka, a major state in the southern part of India. It is indeed cool - the people, the place and of course the weather. This website is dedicated to Bangalore and its cool people.

Bangalore is unique in many ways. It has the most pleasant weather througout the year which got itself the name "Pensioner's Paradise". It is the only cosmopolitan and multilingual city in the country which has welcomed everyone who wanted to make Bangalore their home and this speaks of the hospitable nature of the Bangaloreans. Bangalore which was only a city known within India a couple of decades ago has now found its place in the World Map because of the export of software and software professionals to the entire world. Bangalore is now on everybody's tour itinerary while visiting India and we have made a sincere attempt to provide all the necessary information both to tourists and residents of Bangalore. If there is any information which you feel should find a place in this website, please drop us a line and we would certainly consider it.

Bangalore city is now the nerve centre of industrial activity in the state with the presence of several Public Sector Undertakings. The Electronic City in Bommasandra and the Software Technology Park, called the IT Park, which has come up on the outskirts of the city, has earned the reputation of being the "Silicon" Valley of India. Many multinational and Indian companies are represented here. Ranked among the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, Bangalore has many on-going and proposed projects in the industrial and Information Technology sectors. The city has slowly found a place in the country's history and off recently a place on the world map. Today Bangalore is India's fifth largest and the fastest growing city in Asia.

• Bangalore - Capital of Karnataka, Southern State of India
• Area : 468 Sq. Kms
• Population : 6.5 Million (Approx)
• Altitude : 3000 feet above sea level
• Geographical Location Latitude - 12° 8' North, Longitude - 77° 37' East
• Neighbouring States: Tamilnadu on the South East ; Andhra Pradesh on the North East ; Goa and Maharashtra on the North West ; and Kerala on the South West.
• Climate - Salubrious and Warm
• Rainfall Average annual rainfall: 859 mm Primary rainy season: June - September (South-West Monsoon) Secondary rainy season: November - December (North-East Monsoon)
• Language : Kannada
• Other Languages spoken : English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Urdu and Malayalam.
• Popular Mode of Transport : Auto Rickshaws and Buses of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and taxis.
• Lakes : Ulsoor Lake, Sankey Lake and Yediyur Lake.
• Literacy : 83.91 percent
• Literacy Rate : Male 76.29% : Female 57.45%
• Birth Rate : 27.0 per 1000 ; Death Rate : 7.2 per 1000

Information and Pictures Source

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TRANSPORTATION

BMTC

The city buses run by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation can get you to any place in the city. Most popularly called by its erstwhile name of "BTS" 

THE BUS DAY 

The objective of the Bus day campaign is to raise awareness on public transport as a sustainable commuting choice for livable cities. What BMTC wants for Bus Day is what it envisions for the future - more and more people traveling by Public Transportation. 

Every city has its own culture, traditions and customs. Bangalore, too, has its own distinct personality and way of life. However there are no major or special care one needs to take while visiting.