Basavanagudi

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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

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| image_caption = Bull Temple, Basavanagudi

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| subdivision_name = India

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| subdivision_type2 = Metro

| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka

| subdivision_name2 = Bengaluru

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| population_total = 32640 {{Cite web|url=http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/info-bbmp-ward-154-basavanagudi-bangalore-7637|title=Ward information page: 154 - Basavanagudi|date=20 August 2015}}

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| postal_code = 560004,560019,560028,560050

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Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bengaluru. Basavanagudi is one of the oldest localities of Bangalore evidenced by the fact that it is home to four inscriptions, three Kannada and one Tamil and also one of the poshest areas of Bangalore.{{Cite book |last=ಡಾ. ಸೂರ್ಯನಾಥ ಕಾಮತ್‌ |url=http://archive.org/details/kia.itihasadarshanas0000drsusmput-11 |title=ಇತಿಹಾಸ ದರ್ಶನ, ಸಂಪುಟ ೧೧ |date=1996 |publisher=ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಅಕಾದೆಮಿ |others=Servants of Knowledge |language=Kannada}}{{Cite book |last=Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology |url=http://archive.org/details/epigraphiacarnat09myso |title=Epigraphia carnatica. By B. Lewis Rice, Director of Archaeological Researches in Mysore |last2=Rice |first2=B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis) |last3=Narasimhacharya |first3=Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai |date=1894 |publisher=Bangalore Mysore Govt. Central Press |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}{{Cite web |title=Posh Areas in Bangalore: 10 Expensive Residential Areas in Bangalore |url=https://housing.com/news/posh-residential-areas-in-bangalore/amp/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=housing.com}} It is located in South Bangalore, along the borders of Jayanagar and Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. The name "Basavanagudi" refers to the Bull Temple, which contains a monolithic statue of the Nandi Bull. The word Basava in Kannada means bull, and gudi means temple.{{cite news|title=Celebration of life in Basavanagudi|date=24 June 2005|url= http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/24/stories/2005062418130400.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226145217/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/24/stories/2005062418130400.htm|url-status= dead|work=The Hindu|archive-date= 26 December 2007}} The main commercial street in Basavanagudi is DVG Road, which is home to numerous retail businesses - several of them dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. Towards the middle of DVG Road is Gandhi Bazaar, known for its market which sells fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables.{{cite web|url=http://charukesi.com/itchyfeet/2010/03/29/gandhi-bazaar-bangalore-markets-series/|title=Gandhi Bazaar: Bangalore markets series|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209162959/http://charukesi.com/itchyfeet/2010/03/29/gandhi-bazaar-bangalore-markets-series/|archive-date=2014-12-09|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-12-09}} The neighbourhood includes several historic restaurants, notably Vidyarthi Bhavan, a vegetarian restaurant which opened in 1943.{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2018-05-29|title=75 years of Bengaluru's famed benne masala dose|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/75-years-of-the-famed-benne-masala-dose/article24018196.ece|access-date=2021-02-13|issn=0971-751X}}