📚 Bookstores
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A crowded trading street through the old Pete, once called Doddapete, where phone, jewellery and textile traders share space with a long-running second-hand textbook trade.
Why it’s here: Recently added
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🧭 Unique ExperiencesMadiwala Lake
One of Bengaluru's largest lakes, in BTM Layout and looked after by the Forest Department; spot-billed pelicans gather here in numbers around November-December.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🌿 Hidden SpotsDodda Ganapathi Temple
A Basavanagudi temple built around a monolithic Ganesha about 18 ft high and 16 ft wide, beside the Bull Temple with Bugle Rock garden behind. The idol is periodically covered in butter.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🌿 Hidden SpotsSri Dharmaraya Swamy Temple
An old Dravidian-style temple in the Pete dedicated to the Pandavas, Krishna and Draupadi. It is the ritual centre of the Bengaluru Karaga, whose night procession starts and ends here each spring.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🧭 Unique ExperiencesKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath
An art complex on Kumarakrupa Road founded in 1960, with galleries of permanent collections (including Nicholas Roerich, Mysore paintings and leather puppets), rented exhibition halls and a fine arts college.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🌿 Hidden SpotsPuttenahalli Lake (Puttakere)
A small neighbourhood lake of about 13 acres in JP Nagar 7th Phase, ringed by a walking track of roughly 920 m and revived over years by local residents.
Why it’s here: Recently added
📚 BookstoresChurch Street
A 750 m cobbled street running parallel to MG Road, from Brigade Road to St. Mark's Road, packed with secondhand bookshops, cafes, restaurants and nightlife.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🧭 Unique ExperiencesShivoham 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.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🌿 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.
Why it’s here: Recently added
🧭 Unique ExperiencesCommercial Street
One of Bengaluru's oldest and busiest shopping streets, near MG Road and Russell Market, selling clothes, footwear, jewellery and more along the main road and its side lanes.
Why it’s here: Recently added
☕ Independent CafésVeena Stores
A small stand-and-eat breakfast counter on Margosa Road, running since 1977, known for soft idlis, crisp vadas and its runny chutney.
Why it’s here: Recently added
☕ Independent CafésCTR (Shri Sagar), Malleshwaram
A vegetarian tiffin room in Malleshwaram dating to the 1920s, also called Shri Sagar, known above all for its butter-laden benne masala dosa.
Why it’s here: Recently added