Varthur

Varthur
Neighbourhood
Sunset over Varthur lake.
Varthur
Coordinates: 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E / 12.940699; 77.746596Coordinates: 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E / 12.940699; 77.746596
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore
Metro	Bangalore
Government
• Body	BBMP
Population (January 2010)
• Total	21,800
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	560 087
Telephone code	91-(0)80-2853XXXX
Vehicle registration	KA 53
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Central
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mahadevapura

Varthur (Kannada: ವರ್ತೂರು) is a suburb situated in the Eastern periphery of Bangalore City and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township. Varthur is a Hobli and part of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.^[1] Varthur was a Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka but, was split into three legislative assemblies C.V.Raman Nagar, Mahadevapura and Krishnarajapura in the year 2008. It is also one of the wards of BBMP. Varthur is very close to ITPB.

There are many IT companies in Varthur Hobli. The head office of one of the largest IT companies, Wipro Technologies is situated at Doddakannelli, Varthur Hobli. Some other companies like Cisco Systems, ARM, Aricent Group, etc. are situated in Varthur Hobli

At Varthur, people celebrate, Brahmarathotsava of Sri Chennaraya Swamy, which happens on the day of Ratha Saptami. It is one of the famous events that happen in this area. Two days later is Karaga of Sri Draupathamma (Draupadi) at Sri Dharmaraya Swamy (Yudhishthira) temple, which happens at night and is visited by thousands of people from Varthur, Gunjur, Madhuranagara, Whitefield, Ramagondannahalli, Balagere, Sorahunase, Immadihalli, Harohalli, Muthsandra, Kotur.

Geography

Varthur is located at 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E / 12.940699; 77.746596

Administration

MP Constituency : Bangalore Central
MLA Constituency : Mahadevapura
BBMP Ward : Varthur
MP : P C Mohan (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP))
MLA : Aravinda Limbavalli (BJP)
Councilor: Pushpa Manjunath (BJP)

Educational institutions

New Horizon College of Engineering
CMR Institute of Technology
Krupanidhi Nursing and PU College, Gunjur
Government Degree College, Varthur
Government High School and Junior College, Varthur
Government Middle School, Varthur
Jnana sagar vidya mandir school, varthur( Near karnataka bank and Dharmaraya temple)
Sri Sharadha Vidhya Mandir, Varthur
Ryan International
K K Education Society
Vagdhevi Villas (at Varthur and Marathahalli)
Lady Vailankanni Group of Institutions
Chrysalis High, Gunjur
Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir
Vibgyor High, Marathahalli
Chrysalis High School In, Varthur, Gunjur Main Road
Vahe Global Academy, Varthur, Gunjur
Deen's Academy, in whitefield
Greenwood High near Dommasandra Circle
TISB International School near Dommasandra Circle
Inventure Academy near Dommasandra Circle
Oakridge International School near Dommasandra Circle
Indus International School in Dommasandra Circle
Abhijatha Education Society (SLF Convent)
Jnana sagar vidya mandir( Near Dharmaraya temple and karnataka bank )
Whitefield Global School (Near Hope Farm Circle)

Varthur Main Road

The stretch starting from HAL old Airport road till Varthur via Marathahalli, Kundanahalli, Thubarahalli, Sidhapura, Ramagundanahalli and Varthur Kodi is officially known as Varthur Main Road.

Varthur lake

The lake ecosystem is an integral part of Bangalore, although unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation have led to the contamination of these water bodies. Varthur Lake, which has an area of 180.40 hectares (445.8 acres) is the second largest lake^[2] in Bangalore city and also one of the most polluted^[3] lakes in Bangalore. Its ecosystem is under continuous degradation because of sewage water from Bangalore, entering the lake from Bellandur Lake further upstream.

This is a man made lake, built by Ganga kings over thousands of years ago^[2] for agriculture and domestic uses but now the lake is receiving 40% of the sewage water from Bangalore for over 50 years resulting in eutrophication.

Gallery

Sree Chennaraya Swamy
Forum Value Mall
Forum Value Mall
Sigma Technology Park

Geographic Location

Areas of Bangalore

Whitefield

Marathahalli

Madhuranagar

Varthur

Gunjur

References

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Bangalore topics

History

Geography

Lakes	Agara Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal lake Hesaraghatta Lake Madivala tank Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Sankey Tank Sarakki lake Vibhutipura Lake Yediyur Lake

Civic administration

Buildings

Transport

Roads

Places of worship

Culture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Banga Beats Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

Groups

Parks

Localities

North Bangalore	Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cox Town Dasarahalli Fraser Town Ganganagar HBR Layout Hebbal Horamavu Jalahalli Kodigehalli Malleswaram Mathikere Palace Guttahalli Peenya Pulakeshinagar R. T. Nagar Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Sarvagnanagar Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur

West Bangalore	Basaveshwaranagar Herohalli Kamalanagar Kengeri Mahalakshmi Layout Mahalakshmipura Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Rajajinagar Ullalu Vijayanagar

Central Bangalore	Austin Town Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore Central Business District Bengaluru Pete Chamrajpet Chickpet Seshadripuram Shivajinagar

East Bangalore	Brookefield Channasandra CV Raman Nagar Domlur Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevanbheemanagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapura Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur

South Bangalore	Adugodi Agara Arekere Arekere Mico Layout Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Chandapura Electronics City Girinagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala Kumaraswamy Layout Madiwala Padmanabhanagar Puttenahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ramanjaneyanagar Taverekere Thyagarajanagar Uttarahalli

Institutions

Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Kensri School Little Flower Public School Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School

Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Hospitals	Apollo Hospitals Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals HOSMAT Fortis Hospitals Minto eye hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya NCBS NIMHANS SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium St. John's Hospital Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital Victoria Hospital

Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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