Mallapura

Named after the Kadu Malleshwara temple in the old Mallapura village, Malleswaram is one of Bangalore's oldest locality that came up around the time when Bangalore was hit by the great Plague in 1898, which caused many people to move out from the city centre.

This locality is said to be planned by the then Diwan of Mysore, Sri Seshadri Iyer.

Malleswaram's history boasts of cultural icons who lived and practices in its locale. They come from various art disciplines including legends like Venkatappa, Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar, Krishnawamy, G. P. Rajaratnam and T.A.S. Mani. This old locality also has several religious centers like the St. Peters Seminary and at least 3 different Mutts and beautiful old temples including the Ganesha Temple, Krishna Temple and Grace Church.

Education especially for women has been one of the major areas of interest and schools such as Mysore Education Society (MES), Malleswaram Ladies Association (MLA), Government Girls School and Cluny Convent were built to encourage them. NGO's and social service organisations like Seva Sadan, Crafts Council of Karnataka and Malleswaram Entrepreneurial Women's Society (MEWS) were founded and sustain their activities here too.

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[kssindhura]

Chala Baagundhi :)

Worthy Work :)

Congrats :)

[1989hemanth]

nice man

[nagababusandu]

Nice work.

[SaravanaYouT]

Good Work :) I can feel the aroma of mallapura... from this short good collection of photos.... :)