Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru (earlier known as Bangalore),the capital of India's southern State, Karnataka, is the center of India's high-tech industry is known as the IT Hub or the Silicon Valley of India. Bangalore hosts offices of various International IT giants such as Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, TCS, HP, IBM etc. Bangalore is also known the Garden city of India as it has few of the most beautiful parks.

Among the principal sights are Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha is a Neo-Dravidian legislative building. Former royal residences include 19th-century Bangalore Palace, modeled after England's Windsor Castle, and Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, an 18th-century teak structure.

Excursions Or Overnight Trips :
Srirangapatnam

once the capital of Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan. The temple of Lord Srirangapatnam is, said to have been, built by the Chieftain Thirumalaiah in 894 AD. It is situated en route from Bangalore to Mysore or vice versa.

Mysore

visit the Palace of the Maharaja built in 1911-12. The Palace is of harmonious syntheses of the Hindu and saracenic style of architecture with archways, dome turrets, colonnades and sculptures, which are magnificent. Visit the Art Gallery, drive up to Chamundi Hill to see the Chamundeshwari Temple and a panoramic view of Mysore. On your way back, see the Nandi Bull.

Sharavanabelgola

Sharavanabelgola 140 km from Bangalore, a monolithic statue of Lord Gomatehwara, a jain saint standing atop of Indiragiri hill is 17 meters high and is to be one of the tallest monolithic statues in the world, it was created in the year 983 AD by Chamundaraya during King Ramamatta's period. During 10th to 19th February 2006, a grand celebration of 86th "Mahamastakabhishikha" was held at Sharawanabelgola, this is celebrated once in 12 years, and it will have a gathering of 50 lakh devotees & tourist

Belur

Belur 220 km from Bangalore, a temple town famous for its exquisite temples. It is also known as Dakshina Varanasi. King Vishnuvardhana built the Channakeshwara temple in 1117 AD to commemorate his conversion from Jainism to Vaishnavism. The star shaped homogenous architectural beauty raised on a platform carved in black stone with 650 charging elephants that are different from each other and in the temple dome inside four famous figures of Shantala Devi's voluptuous beauty, queen of King Vishnuvardhana are marvelous.

Halebid

Halebid 210 km from Banglore. It is also known as Dwara Samudra, the wealthy capital of Hoysalas. The Hoysaleshwara temple stands on a platform like a casket in shining black stone carved with variety of gods and goddesses, animals, birds and dancing girls. There is a museum on the lawns with 12th century sculptures and gold coins in use at that time. One km from Halebid is Jain Basti hill built in the 8th century surrounded by gleaming carved black stone pillars.

How to reach Bangalore :

By Air : Bangalore is well connected by flights from all other cities of India and all major international cities.

By Rail : Bangalore is connected with Trains ranging from Superfast to Express trains from all parts of India.

By Road : It is easily accessible by road from the neighboring status such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.