Hello, maga.
The traffic is terrible. The weather is perfect. The rest is complicated. This is for everyone who complains about Bengaluru and still can't imagine living anywhere else.
Beat the Rush
Corridor status, Namma Metro network, and Bangalore traffic wisdom
Road Traffic
Purple Line
East Bangalore (Whitefield, IT corridor) ↔ West (Kengeri, Mysuru Road). The city's spine.
Bengaluru Today
The Green Heart of India
Lakes, parks, forests: Bengaluru's extraordinary natural abundance
Doddanekundi Lake
A large lake straddling Whitefield and Marathahalli, once famous for its flamingos. A critical wetland fighting for survival amid rapid development.
Vijayanagar Park
The green heart of Vijayanagar, one of Bangalore's oldest and most beloved western residential areas, developed in the 1950s. The park's mature trees and quiet paths have been a constant through decades of city change around them.
Bengaluru Green Map
Eat & Drink Bengaluru
☕ Darshini of the Day
SLV Tiffin Room
ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್.ವಿ. ಟಿಫಿನ್ ರೂಂ
“Soft, light dosas that barely need the chutney.”
SLV has been serving South Bengaluru residents since before independence. The set dosa, three small spongy dosas with coconut chutney and sagu, remains its signature and the reason regulars arrive by 7am.
🍺 Craft Tap Pick
Byg Brewski
“The sprawling garden pub that Bengaluru needed.”
Byg Brewski's Hennur location is one of Bangalore's largest pub gardens, with space for over 1,000 guests spread across themed zones. Their Whiskey Wheat blends two great things about life.
Your Next Escape
Chikmagalur
ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು
“Where Indian coffee was born.”
Legend holds that the Sufi saint Baba Budan smuggled seven coffee beans from Yemen in the 17th century and planted them in these hills, starting India's coffee cultivation story.
Kannada Gottha?
A new Kannada word every day. Learn, share, celebrate.
“ನನಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ”
Nanage bengaḷūrina mēle hemme
I am proud of Bengaluru
A new word every day. Come back tomorrow for more Kannada.
Silicon Valley of the East
The companies that changed how India and the world works
Meesho
Empowering millions of micro-entrepreneurs to sell online: social commerce for India
Enables housewives and small sellers to run businesses with zero investment
Bengaluru on GitHub
Top repos from Bengaluru developers
Bengaluru Then & Now
Vidhana Soudha Inauguration
Karnataka's parliament opened: the 'Pride of Karnataka' still stands magnificent, a blend of Dravidian and Kannada architecture
Person of the Day
Rahul Dravid
'The Wall': trained at Bengaluru's cricket academy, represented Karnataka with pride for decades.
The 'Bangalore Torpedo', a military explosive used to clear barbed wire, was invented here in 1912 by British-Indian officer Robert Lawford Campbell. It's still in use by armies worldwide.
Before It Became a Startup
Rare photographs from the 1790s to early 1900s. One image a day.
Then
Glass House, Lalbagh
Now
Lalbagh Glass House
The iconic Glass House, modelled on the Crystal Palace in London, was built in 1889 for the Mysore Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition. It still hosts the legendary Republic Day and Independence Day flower shows.
Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain · A new photograph every day.
Know Your City
Bengaluru By the Numbers
The city's heartbeat, counting in real time