Agara, Bengaluru
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Puri Jagannath's temple and huge Hanuman statue at Agara | |
Agara | |
| Coordinates: 12°55′28″N 77°38′59″E / 12.92444°N 77.64972°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Taluka | Bangalore South |
| Established | 1806 |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560102 |
| Telephone code | 91-80 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 01 |
| Nearest city | Bangalore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangalore South |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bommanahalli |
| Civic agency | Village Panchayat (formerly), now under BBMP |
Agara, Bengaluru is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2][3] It is located in the Bangalore South taluk of Bangalore Urban district in Karnataka, on Outer Ring Road, near Koramangala and HSR Layout. The Agara Bus Stop connects Koramangla with ITPL, Varthur, etc. Agara is notable for the Agara lake, as well as for being a locus of spiritual sites, containing temples dedicated to Shri Jagannatha, Shri Hanuman, Shri Ram and Sita as well as Radha-Krishna, Shiva-Parvati, Ayyapa, Durga Parmeshwari and Shri Lakshmi, as well as a Sunni mosque. The Abhayanjaneya Temple is particularly well known for its colossal statue of Hanuman which, remarkably, stands right next to the mosque. After winning the Shrirangapattan war, the British moved their army to Bangalore. During the British period, it was one of the biggest army cantonments in South Asia. Madras Engineer Groups operated from Agara.
References
- ^ 2001 Census Village code= 2061100, "Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order - Karnataka - A". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 12. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Agara Gram Panchayat,Bangalore South, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Yahoo! maps India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009. Agara (Bangalore South), Bangalore, Karnataka