Vimanapura

Vimanapura
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Vimanapura
Location of Vimanapura
in Bangalore and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Karnataka
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Vimanapura is an eastern suburb of Bangalore in Karnataka in India. It is so called because it is near Bangalore HAL airport. Vimanapura houses many of the HAL offices and the HAL hospital. The busy Old Airport Road goes through it.

It is about 7 miles east of the old center of Bangalore.

Its name is Sanskrit for "Airplane Town"; see Vimana.

Many businesses are based there.

The Indian Air Force has a base there.

It is well connected by many BMTC buses. From Kempegowda bus station (Majestic bus stand), one can take route number 333 buses for reaching Vimanapura. One of the main roads here is Suranjan Das road. This road connects the Airport road to Old Madras road. On one side of this road are the HAL quarters (housing colony) and on the other side are the HAL offices. This road also has the HAL hospital, HAL market, BEML, and also in the middle has Sadbhavana Park, with a beautiful walking track.

Examples of organizations with premises in Vimanapura

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