in Bengaluru

Relaxed weekend in Bengaluru. Meeting friends and visiting places.

Planning a visit to Bannerghatta national park tomorrow.

The road to this park is through a bustling newly emerging IT companies and residential region of Bangalore. Some of the companies located in this approach road reads like a who-is-who in the top business world - IBM, HSBC, Oracle, Honeywell and Accenture to name a few.

Here is a small write up from the net on Bengaluru.......for those who are not already aware...

The city of Bangalore now called 'Bengaluru' has a long history to boast of. The city has been centre of political activity in the past as it is now and is also called as 'City of Gardens', 'City of Pensioners' and 'Silicon Valley of India'. However, the present name of the city i.e. Bangaluru has an interesting anecdote associated with it which goes that King Vira Bhalla of the Hoysala dynasty once got lost during a hunting expedition and famished by hunger & thirst he chanced upon a hut of a old woman who offered him boiled beans and he named the city as Benda Kaal Ooru (Town of boiled beans) which with passage of time got shortened as Bengaluru. However, there is no historical proof of this but only an anecdote. But this city has established historical inscription dating back to 890 A.D wherein reference to a place called Bangaluru can be seen. Going back in time line some iron age excavations have been made from around Bengaluru as also the discovery of Roman coins in the area establishing the fact that it was an important trading centre in the past. The place has been ruled by several rulers in the past but the reign of Tipu sultan during 18th Centrury is worth mentioning and the city has some interesting remnants of his period -Tipu's Palace in Bengaluru.

Have a relaxing Sunday