Vidhana Soudha

The Vidhana Soudha is an imposing building that houses the Karnataka State Legislature and the secretariat. Built entirely from Bangalore granite in the Dravidian style, it has floral motifs on stone carvings drawn from the celebrated temple craft of South India. It is the largest Secretariat in India. Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Chief Minister of the then Mysore State (between 1951-1956) was responsible for the concept, the structure and the setting of this magnificent building. Supervised and executed by engineers and architects led by the then Chief Engineer, late B.R.Manickam of the Public Works Department, the Vidhana Soudha is an arresting monument.
The building project was started in 1952 and was completed in four years. Five thousand laborers, 1500 chisellers, masons and wood carvers were employed to bring the building to its present form.
A major experience for tourists is the illumination of the Vidhana Soudha on Sundays between 7 and 8 PM.

Attara Kacheri

Directly opposite to the Vidhana Soudha is the State High court called the Attara Kacheri. This graceful, two storied building with corinthian columns, was completed in 1864 and housed the Public Offices from 1868 until 1956. Commissioner Bowring conceived and prepared the plans for setting up a full-fledged secretariat building, almost a century before the Vidhana Soudha was even thought of. The Attara Kacheri building was completed in 1868 at a cost of Rs 4.5 lakh. The work on the building was executed by Rai Bahadur Arcot Narayanaswamy Mudaliar It is an impressive two-storied building of and brick, red in color and has been built in the Greco-Roman style.
The Public offices were later moved to the Vidhana Soudha, and this building became the high court. On the ceiling of its Central Hall is a Portrait of Sir Mark Cubbon, Commissioner of Mysore from 1834 to 1861. Behind the building is an equestrian statue of him by Baron Marochetti.
Another version of history describes the origin of Attara Kacheri differently. The offices of the eighteen departments of Revenue and General Secretariat grew to such a size during Tipu's reign that it could not be contained in his palace. So, he constructed a new building and named it Attara Kacheri (meaning eighteen offices or departments) in Hindi. Whatever the background, there is no doubt that this deep red building is a perfect blend to the white columned Vidhana Soudha,

The fort was constructed during 1781-179 and was the summer residence of Tipu Sultan. It is a two-storied wooden structure, carved out of Teakwood with decorated pillars, concave arches and balconies. Today the fort houses a museum adorned with ancient artifact of Hyder-Tipu regime.

The fort was originally constructed by Kempe Gowda in in 1537 which was modified late by Tipu Sultan.Tipu Sultan's fort was constructed by Kempe Gowda, later on it was expanded by Tipu Sultan.

Bangalore Palace, a smaller replica of the Windsor Castle in England. Rev. Garrett, the first Principal of the Central High School in Bangalore built this palace in 1862. In 1884, Maharaja of Mysore, Chamaraja Wodeyar bought the palace. Present heir of Mysore Royal family opened the palace for public in 2005.

This Cathedral with a beautiful colonial structure was founded in 1808.  It has a graceful dome through which visitors enter.  This church is named after St. Marks, one of the twelve disciplines of Jesus Christ.  The harvest festival, a thanksgiving ceremony is celebrated here every year.  This Cathedral is situated at M.G.Road in the Bangalore city.

The Basilica was initially built as a small chapel by the French missionary Abbe Dubois in 1818. The reverend L. E. Kleiner constructed the basilica in its current form of an ornate gothic-style church. Bishop Jean-Yves-Marie Coadou consecrated this new church on September 8, 1882.  The church was elevated to the status of minor basilica in 1973 through a papal order by Pope John Paul VI. St Mary's Feast is celebrated here in every September. Lakhs of devotees, dressed in saffron gather here to enjoy the festival

St Andrew’s Church, has an orthodox Presbyterian Scottish architecture. The foundation stone was laid in 1864 by Lady Grant, wife of Lieutenant-General, Sir Hope Grant, the then Quartermaster-General of Her Majesty’s Forces. The other attractions are a pipe organ, installed in 1881 and walls of the Kirk, which are adorned with polished brass plaques. This heritage site is located at Cubbon Road.

This is the oldest mosque of this city. It was initially known as the Sangian Jamia Masjid. The mosque is located in busy area of K.R. Market. It has an elevated prayer hall with tall soaring, ornate granite pillars granite pillars. Magnificent twin minarets are present inside the masjid that stretches up to the spherical domes. The minars as well as the entire edifice of the masjid are beautifully decorated with lights during the festive season