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Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace
Two-storey teak palace inside the old Bangalore Fort, begun under Hyder Ali in 1781 and completed in 1791, now an ASI-maintained monument with a small museum on Tipu Sultan.
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🧭 Unique ExperiencesBangalore Palace
A Tudor Revival palace modelled on Windsor Castle, built from the 1870s and later owned by the Mysore Wadiyars; part of it is open for ticketed visits.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesDodda Basavana Gudi (Bull Temple)
A Vijayanagara-style shrine on Bull Temple Road, said to date to 1537, built around a monolithic granite Nandi about 15 ft tall and 20 ft long.
🌿 Hidden SpotsBugle Rock Park
A shady 16-acre park around an ancient gneiss outcrop behind the Bull Temple, with an old watchtower, walking paths, an amphitheatre and a fruit-bat colony.
🌿 Hidden SpotsGavi Gangadhareshwara Temple
A Shiva temple carved into a natural cave in Gavipuram, known for the granite sun and moon discs in its forecourt and the Sankranti evening when sunlight reaches the linga.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesSt. Mary's Basilica
A Gothic-style church in Shivajinagar, rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a 17th-century chapel and made a minor basilica in 1973; its September feast draws big crowds.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesSt. Mark's Cathedral
A Church of South India cathedral at the west end of MG Road, built 1808–1812 as a garrison church and modelled on St Paul's in London; rebuilt after a 1923 fire.
🌿 Hidden SpotsHalasuru Someshwara Temple
A Shiva temple in Halasuru with Chola-era roots, reworked under Kempe Gowda II, with a 16th-century gopura and a 48-pillar hall carved with scenes like Shiva and Parvati's wedding.
🌿 Hidden SpotsKadu Malleshwara Temple
A Dravidian-style Shiva temple in Malleshwaram, developed in 1669 by Venkoji, step-brother of Shivaji; the Nandishwara Teertha shrine stands just in front.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesRagigudda Sri Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Temple
A Hanuman temple on a rocky knoll in Jayanagar 9th Block, built in 1969, with shrines to Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, a Shiva linga, a temple tank and an amphitheatre.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesISKCON Bangalore (Sri Radha Krishna Temple)
A large hilltop Krishna temple complex on Chord Road, opened in 1997, with a gold-plated flagpost and shikhara and six shrines; visitors get free prasadam.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesVenkatappa Art Gallery
A public art gallery next to the Government Museum on Kasturba Road, built around the work of painter K. Venkatappa and also holding K.K. Hebbar's collection. Reopened in June 2025 after renovation.