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Basavanagudi

Southern Asia

Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the southern part of Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It lies along the borders of the Jayanagar neighborhood and the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens and is one of the oldest parts of the city, home to Kannada and Tamil inscriptions. The locality takes its name from the Bull Temple, or Basavanagudi, which houses a monolithic statue of the Nandi bull; in Kannada, basava means bull and gudi means temple. Its main commercial street, DVG Road, carries retail businesses dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
32,640 1
Latitude
12.94 degrees north 2
Longitude
77.57 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Basavanagudi (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox population_total
    Infobox population_total = 32640; population_as_of = Census 2011
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
  • On Continent: Asia
    Basavanagudi is a charming residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bengaluru.
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2. Basavanagudi (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 12.94, longitude 77.57
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