Girinagar

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Girinagar (formerly known as Writer's Colony) is a residential area in South West Bangalore, very close to Mysore Road. It is surrounded by Srinagar, Byatarayanapura, Hosakerehalli, Veerabhadranagar, Srinivasanagar and Banashankari 3rd Stage.

1 Name Origin
2 How to get there
- 2.1 Driving Directions
3 Information
4 Banks and ATM facilities
5 Hospitals
6 Shopping
7 Places to Eat
8 Temples
9 References

[edit] Name Origin

Girinagar is so named because of the presence of a hill (or giri in Sanskrit) in the area (nagar). This hill is known as Arangan Gudda. Also the area is hilly with steep roads.

[edit] How to get there

The bus routes from various parts of Bangalore are

36A, 36B, 36E, P36A, J10 & Trunk 6 from Majestic

37E & 37F from Shivajinagar

[edit] Driving Directions

From Majestic Bus Stand and City Railway Station, come via Cottonpet, K.R. Market, Sirsi Circle, Timberyard Layout, Muneshwara Block and reach Girinagar.
From HAL Airport, come via Domlur, Victoria Layout, Richmond Circle, Lalbagh, Basavanagudi, Hanumanthanagar, Mysore Bank Colony and reach Girinagar.
From Bengaluru International Airport, come via NH7, Yelahanka Air Force Station, Jakkur Flying Club, Hebbal, Outer Ring Road (till BEL Circle), Mathikere, Yeshwanthapur, Government Soap Factory, Chord Road, Magadi Road Tolgate, Vijayanagar, Deepanjali Nagar and reach Girinagar.

[edit] Information

Girinagar is divided into 4 phases, with the 2nd phase being the largest. It also subsumes areas such as Avalahalli BDA Layout, Avalahalli Village and Hosakerehalli Layout (formerly known as Vishwabharati Housing Co-Op Society).
Girinagar has 2 big parks - the Vivekananda Park having a stutue of Swami Vivekananda at the centre and the BDA Park in Avalahalli Layout.
Girinagar has a yoga school Yogashri and a Vedic school Veda Paatshala.
Auden Public school is located here. It is a good school.
Girinagar is famous for its hill, or Arangan Gudda. One can see the whole of Bangalore city from this hill and also witness the sunrise and sunset. There is a temple on the top of this hill.
Gandhi Bazaar is very close by (about 3km).

[edit] Banks and ATM facilities

Canara Bank with ATM

State Bank of Travancore

ICICI Bank-only ATM

Apex Bank.

Corporation Bank with ATM

Vijaya Bank

[edit] Hospitals

Radhakrishna Hospital, Girinagar Circle
Adarsh Nursing Home, Seetha Circle

[edit] Shopping

Big Bazaar, Hosakerehalli Cross
Food World, 100 Ft. Ring Road
Subhiksha, Avalahalli

[edit] Places to Eat

Padmamba Food Kemp, Nehru Road
Sri Manjunatha Darshini, Nehru Road

[edit] Temples

Avadhoota Datta Peetham, 2nd Phase
Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple, 2nd Phase
Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, 8th Cross
Sri Ganesha Temple, Avalahalli BDA Park
Sri Shakthi Ganapathi Temple, Hosakerehalli Layout
Sringeri Sharada Peetham, 80 Feet Road
Raghavendra Mutt, 80 Feet road
Shree Ramashrama (Sri Rama Temple), 80 Feet Road
Sri Venkatanarayanaswamy Temple, 1st Phase
Sri Mahaganapathi Temple, 1st Phase

[edit] References

Neighbourhoods of Bangalore

Arekere • BTM Layout • Banashankari • Basavanagudi • Basaveshwaranagar • Bommanahalli • Dasarahalli • Domlur • Electronics City • Ganganagar • Gavipuram • Girinagar • HSR Layout • Halasuru • Hebbal • Hulimavu • Indiranagar • Jalahalli • Jayanagar • J P Nagar • Jeevanbheemanagar • Kengeri • Konanakunte • Koramangala • Krishnarajapura • Madiwala • Mahalakshmi Layout • Malleshwaram • Marathahalli • Nagarbhavi • Padmanabhanagar • Peenya • Rajajinagar • Rajarajeshwari Nagar • R. T. Nagar • Sadhashivnagar • Sanjaynagar • Shivajinagar • Thyagarajanagar • Uttarahalli • Varthur • Vidyaranyapura • Vijayanagar • Vimanpura • Whitefield • Yelahanka

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