Chamrajpet

Chamrajpet
Chamrajpet
	neighborhood
	Chamrajpet
	Coordinates: 12°57′N 77°33′E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bengaluru
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560018

Chamrajpet is a locality in the central part of the city of Bengaluru. It is bordered by Basavanagudi, Banashankari, Chickpet and Majestic.

Chamarajpet is one of the oldest areas in Bengaluru. 2.9 km from Bangalore City Railway Station and BMTC, and 37.1 km to Kempegowda International airport. The main commercial street of Chamrajpet is the Bazar street and the continuation of which is the popular Bull Temple Road.

Chamarajapet was founded in 1892 and the 125 years of the area was celebrated with a 3-day festival in the year 2017.

Chamarajapet houses many historical sites such as the Kote Sri Prasanna Venkateshwara Swamy Temple, The Fort High School, Tippu Sultan Summer Palace and Minto hospital.

Raghavendra colony, situated in this unblemished area has a historical connection to the Maharaja of Mysore who visited here to visit Bengaluru's first-ever surgeon- Dr. B. D. Raghavendra Rao. Sripadharaja mutt of Mulbagal is in Raghavendra colony.

The locality got the name "Chamarajpet" because of the visit by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar. The locality derived its name from the then Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar. It was originally named Chamarajendra Pete and was later shortened to Chamarajpet.[1]

The area becomes musical every year during the Months of April and May i.e. in the Rama Navami season. Sree Ramaseva Mandali RCT one of the premier cultural organizations of the country organizes an annual global music festival in the grounds of Fort High School which hosts the who's who of Indian Classical Music.

The area is also home to many companies into agarbathis (incense sticks) and related items. The area is composed of five main roads and more than nine crossroads. A temple is located on every main road. The layout was referred to as the Chess Box Colony, given that when they were originally built, they all had square dimensions of 108 by 108 feet, that looked like chess boards.

Nearest Metro station is the Krishna Rajendra Market metro station and Kranthiveera sangoli Rayanna Metro Station

This area is known for its peace, greenery and historical attractions. The Main Headquarters of Kannada sahitya parishath is located here.

References

Singh, Piyush (29 December 2018). "History, Food, And Shopping - Make Time For Chamarajpet For An Off-Beat Experience". MetroSaga. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

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[1] Singh, Piyush (29 December 2018). "History, Food, And Shopping - Make Time For Chamarajpet For An Off-Beat Experience". MetroSaga. Retrieved 3 January 2019.