Cubbon Park is
a landmark area of the Bengaluru city,
located within the heart of city in the Central Administrative Area. Originally
created in 1870, when Major General Richard Sankey was the then
British Chief Engineer of Mysore state, it covered an area of 100 acres and subsequent
expansion has taken place and the area reported now is about 300 acres.
Cubbon Park has a rich recorded history of abundant flora and fauna plantations coupled
with numerous impressive and aesthetically located buildings and statues of
famous personages, in its precincts. This public park was first named as
Meade’s Park after Sir John Meade, the acting Commissioner of Mysuru in 1870
and subsequently commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar’s
rule in Mysore State, in 1927, the park was again renamed as Sri. Chamarajendra
Park, in memory of the 19th-century ruler of the state Sri Chamarajendra
Wodeyar (1868–94), during whose rule the park came into existence.
Common trees found in
Bangalore:
Castanospermum
australe. Common Name : Black Bean or the Moreton Bay Chestnut.
Peltophorum
pterocarpum. ...
Bombax malabaricum.
...
Pongamia glabra. ...
Lagerstroemia
flos-reginae. ...
Couroupita guianensis.
...
Kigelia pinnata. ...
Grevillea robusta.
The park is accessible
from M.G. Road, Kasturba road, Hudson Circle and Ambedkar Veedhi
(Road).Other attractions at the Park are the Ringwood circle, lotus pond and
bamboo grove nook.
Other buildings located
within or at the periphery of the park are
1) the Indira Priyadarshini Children’s
Library,
2) the Venkatappa Art
Gallery,
3) the Aquarium (stated to be the second
largest in India),
4) the YMCA,
5) Yuvanika — the State Youth Centre,
6) Century Club,
7) Press Club,
8) Jawahar Bal Bhavan,
9) Tennis Pavilion,
10) the Cheshire Dyer
Memorial Hall and
11) the Ottawa Chatter.
12) Puttani Express (childrenrain).
VIDHANA SOUDHA:
Kengal hanumanthaiah, is credited with the conception and
construction of the Vidhana Soudha. The foundation stone was laid by the
then prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru on July 13, 1951. However, it
was Hanumanthaiah who was instrumental in the redesign and speedy construction
of Vidhana Soudha. He visited Europe, Russia, the United States, and other
places and got the idea of building the Vidhana Soudha by incorporating various
designs from the buildings he had seen. It was completed in 1956. He took a lot
of interest and effort in building this marvelous granite building.but the
building designed by him is an impressive structure of Neo Dravidian style.
The Vidhana Soudha has four floors above and one floor below ground level and sprawls across an area of 2,300 . It is the largest Legislative building in India. Its eastern face has a porch with 12 granite columns, The central dome, 60 feet (18 m) in diameter, is crowned by a likeness of the Indian national emblem. The front of the building is inscribed with the slogan "Government's Work is God's Work," The building is illuminated on Sundays and public holidays.
The Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, (VITM), Bangalore, India, a constituent unit of the National
council of science museums (NCSM), Ministry
of culture, Government of India, was established in memory of Bharat Ratna Sir
M Vishveshwarya. The building, with a built up area of 43,000 sq ft
and was constructed in Cubbon park . It houses various scientific
experiments and engines, and was opened by the first Prime Minister of
India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on 14 July 1962. The first gallery set up
at VITM, on the theme of 'Electricity', was opened to the public on 27 July
1965.
·
Engine
Hall exhibits engines.
·
The How Things
Work gallery.
·
The Fun
Science gallery
·
The Electro Technic Gallery , .
·
The
Space – Emerging Technology in the Service of Mankind gallery.
·
The Biotechnological
Revolution hall
·
The BEL Hall
of Electronics .
·
The Science
for Children gallery,
·
The Dinosaur
Alive exhibit.
·
The Science on
a Sphere .
·
The Wright Brothers exhibit.
THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BUILDING:
The Karnataka High Court is the High court of the Indian state of
karnataka. It is located in Bangaalore, the capital city of Karnataka. The High Court
functions out of a red brick building known as Attara Kacheri. It
is in front of vidhana soudha, which is the seat of the legislature of Karnataka.The Karnataka High
Court is currently functional in Bangalore.
The 'Attara Kacheri' — as the building was formerly
known — precedes the establishment of the structure itself. The building came
about long after the administrative offices were relocated to Srirangapatna
after Tipu Sultan's death in 1799 and the Cantonment was formed in 1809. The
plans began by 1830s but were stalled due to the First War of Indian Independence
of 1857, said Meera Iyer, Co-convenor, Indian National Trust for Art and
Cultural Heritage (INTACH).
The
plans were revived in 1864 under Lewin Bentham Bowring, Commissioner of Mysore,
and the offices were functional by 1868. It was built in Greco-Roman style by
then Chief Engineer Richard Hieram Sankey. After governor general Lord
William Bentinck's consent, the construction was executed by British firm M/S
Wallace & Company, which was sub-contracted to Rai Bahadur Arcot
Narainswamy Mudaliar and Rai Bahadur Bansilal Ramrathan.
Seshadri Iyer memorial
hall ((cubbon park):
Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall, built in 1915 AD
in a classic European style with Tuscan and Corinthian columns,
in honour of Sir K.Seshadri Iyer who was devan of mysore, from 1883 to
1901, is an impressive red building with gables. It houses the Seshadri
Memorial library. The memorial building is ensconced in the middle of the
park, framed by the greenery of the park and with a beautiful frontage of the
rose garden. The Library has an area of 300 km² and functions as the Apex
of the Karnataka Public Libraries system, which is governed by State Library
Authority.In the year 2000 AD, the Library was awarded the Raja Rammohan Roy
Library Foundation Award for the best state central library in India in
recognition of its outstanding contribution to meritorious services rendered in
the spread of knowledge and gearing up of library movement in the city of
Bengaluru in particular and in the state of Karnataka in general. The library
has presently a collection of 2.65 lakh books and also a Braille section.
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