Malleshwaram, Bengaluru

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Bengaluru, India}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Malleshwara

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

| pushpin_map = India Bengaluru

| coordinates = {{coord|13.0031|N|77.5643|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = Metro

| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka

| subdivision_name2 = Sampige Road metro station

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Bengaluru Urban district

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage

| photo1a = Mantri Central, Bangalore.jpg

| photo2a = Chowdiah Memorial Hall.jpg

| photo2b = Malleshwaram 1669CE Kannada Inscription.jpg

| photo3a = Mantrisquarefront.jpg

}}

| image_caption = Mantri central, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Mallapura 1669CE Ekoji Inscription, Mantri mall

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 560003, 560012, 560055

| registration_plate = KA-04

| demographics1_info1 = Kannada

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| founder = H. V. Nanjundaiah

| area_total_km2 = 3.95

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| population_total = 99625

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = 25196

| population_density_metro_km2 = auto

| area_metro_km2 = 28.6

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| population_metro = 487284

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Malleshwara is a northwest neighbourhood and one of the zones of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in Bengaluru, India. It was planned in 1889 {{cite web | url=https://vak1969.com/2020/12/13/a-simple-narration-of-bangalores-history-over-the-last-2000-years/ | title=A simple narration of Bangalore's history over the last 2000 years | date=13 December 2020 }} after the great plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895.{{Cite web|date=2011-08-22|title=The plague that shook Bangalore|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/185500/plague-shook-bangalore.html|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-08|title=100 years apart, a tale of Bengaluru's two pandemics|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/100-years-apart-a-tale-of-bengaluru-s-two-pandemics-101615173182005.html|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya {{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/made-for-all-communities/article4481321.ece | title=Made for all communities | newspaper=The Hindu | date=6 March 2013 | last1=Aruni | first1=S. K. }} and was later named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple.{{cite web|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-malleswara-retains-the-bangalore-of-yore-1673441 |title=Malleswara retains the Bangalore of yore |work=DNA India |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2020-12-17}} The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them being World Trade Center Bengaluru. It has two shopping malls, Mantri Square and Orion Mall (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub,it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards, Mysore Education Society, Institute of Wood Science and Technology and Indian Institute of Science .

History

The earlier name of Malleshwaram was Mallapura as documented in the Ekoji Inscription of Malleshwaram dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of the Maratha chief Ekoji, half brother of Shivaji who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undated Kannada inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 of Epigraphia carnatica, it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established.

H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram.

name="DNA" /> The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone and his daughter Deepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and Jaggesh have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as [[Central Tiffin Room Bangalore|CTR  

Shri Sagar]] (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores,Jul 31, B. M. B. / U., 2021, & Ist, 06:00. (n.d.). Malleswaram Mirror Special: Community Corner: Good old Malleswaram... Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/malleswaram-mirror-special-community-corner-good-old-malleswaram-/articleshow/84911233.cms

and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.This Tiny Shop in Malleshwara Serves Bengaluru’s Best Egg Rice And How Can You Afford To Miss It—MetroSaga. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://metrosaga.com/shop-in-malleshwara-serves-bengalurus-best-egg-rice/

H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion Prakash Padukone and his daughter Deepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and Jaggesh have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as CTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores,Jul 31, B. M. B. / U., 2021, & Ist, 06:00. (n.d.). Malleswaram Mirror Special: Community Corner: Good old Malleswaram... Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/malleswaram-mirror-special-community-corner-good-old-malleswaram-/articleshow/84911233.cms

and Snehajeeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.This Tiny Shop in Malleshwara Serves Bengaluru’s Best Egg Rice And How Can You Afford To Miss It—MetroSaga. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://metrosaga.com/shop-in-malleshwara-serves-bengalurus-best-egg-rice/

Location

It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity to Yeshwanthpur,Gokula, Rajajinagar, Sadashivanagar, Seshadripuram and the Kempegowda Bus Station. The closest metro stations to this place are the Sampige Road metro station and Srirampura metro station.

Tourist attractions

A few tourist attractions in and around Malleshwaram are Kaadu Malleshwara Temple, Orion Mall, Mantri Square Mall, Bangalore Palace, ISKCON Temple and Sankey tank.

Notable locations

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