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Shivoham Shiva Temple
A temple complex on Old Airport Road, beside Kemp Fort mall, built around a 65-foot seated statue of Shiva that is lit up at night. It draws large crowds on Maha Shivaratri.
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🌿 Hidden SpotsTurahalli Forest and Tree Park
A patch of scrub and dry deciduous forest off Kanakapura Road near Uttarahalli and Banashankari 6th Stage, with a 38-acre tree park on one side. Researchers have recorded 139 bird species here.
ExperienceUnhurried – Pete (Old City) Heritage Walk
Three-hour guided 'Life in Pete' walk through Nagarathpete's old trading quarter, covering weaver and oil-presser communities, century-old temples and markets, with a South Indian breakfast included.
☕ Independent CafésBrahmin's Coffee Bar
Standing-only South Indian breakfast counter running since the 1960s. The short menu is idli, vada, khara bath, kesari bath and filter coffee, served with green coconut chutney and no sambar.
☕ Independent CafésVidyarthi Bhavan
Vegetarian eatery in Gandhi Bazaar, open since 1943 and originally set up to feed students. Its signature is a crisp, butter-topped masala dosa from a short South Indian menu.
☕ Independent CafésKoshy's
Family-run café-restaurant that began as a bakery in 1940; the restaurant opened in 1952. It keeps its colonial-era wooden furniture, fans and mirrors and is known for its breakfasts.
📚 BookstoresBlossom Book House
Multi-storey new and second-hand bookshop founded by Mayi Gowda, who started in a small Brigade Gardens shop. Stock runs from manga to decades-old rare classics; there are three Church Street outlets.
🛍️ Flea MarketsKR Market Flower Market
Bengaluru's big wholesale flower market, where temples, weddings and florists buy marigold, mallige (jasmine), roses, chrysanthemum and kanakambara in bulk before dawn.
🌿 Hidden SpotsLalbagh Botanical Garden
240-acre botanical garden run by Karnataka's Horticulture Department, begun by Hyder Ali around 1760, with an 1889 glass house and the 3,000-million-year-old Lalbagh Rock topped by a Kempegowda watchtower.
🌿 Hidden SpotsCubbon Park (Sri Chamarajendra Park)
Roughly 300-acre park laid out in 1870 in the city centre, with 6,000+ trees, the red Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall (State Central Library) and the 1864 Attara Kacheri (Karnataka High Court) at its edge.
🌿 Hidden SpotsSankey Tank
A roughly 37-acre artificial lake built in 1882 by Col. Richard Sankey of the Madras Sappers for Bangalore's water supply, restored and landscaped as a park in the early 2000s.
🌿 Hidden SpotsNational Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
Ministry of Culture modern art gallery in the restored Manikyavelu Mansion, a former merchant's bungalow on a 3.5-acre site, open since February 2009.