Bhavan’s art gallery, bharatiya vidya bhavan, race course road; open: 1000-1900 hrs.
Max mueller bhavan art gallery, 3, lovelle road open: 0900-1700 hrs, closed saturday and sunday.
Renaissance art gallery, 104, west¬minster, 13, cunningham road; open: 1100-1900 hrs, closed sunday.
Venkatappa art gallery, kasturba road; open: 1000-1700 hrs, closed monday.
Karnataka chitrakala parishath art complex, kumara krupa road. Bowling Thunder ball, club cabana, jude gar¬den, bellary road -58; open: saturday, 2000 hrs onwards.
Mega bowl, prestige terminus 11, lower ground floor, airport exit road open: 1100-2300 hrs.
Related Travel Information
Hessaraghatta: Bangalore (26.5 km from bangalore on tumkur road): here is an artifical lake covering 1,124 acres, and a boat club. The indo-danish dairy project and government horticultural and dairy farms are interesting places to visit.
Kanpur : Museums/Art Galleries
Kamla Retreat Museum, Kamla Nehru Road, houses a collection of historical and archaeological artefacts. Visits allowed only with prior approval.
Nh 4 and 13 form the hospet-bangalore link (343 km from hampi). Regular services from bangalore operate to hospet. Buses ply between hampi/ hospet hourly. First bus leaves at 6:30 a.m. From hospet to bangalore.
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Writer r.k. Narayan's lovely hometown, mysore, was once the capital of the wodeyar kingdom and is still one of the finest cities of southern india. Small, easygoing, sandalwood country, a crafts-crazy city, friendly people going about their business in a city of gardens, tree-lined boulevards, art galleries and a palace.
Bangalore is connected to delhi by ra-jdhani express and karnataka express. It is also well connected with mumbai by udayan and kurla expresses daily, to chennai by shatabdi express, chennai mail, chennai express and brindavan ex¬press and also to thiruvananthapuram, kochi, calcutta, hyderabad and manga-lore by express trains. Mysore (145 km) is just 2.5 to 3 hrs from bangalore by shatabdi express. Railway enquiry: general (131), reservations (132), pre-recorded informa¬tion (1361 english, 1362 hindi), arrivals/ departures (133). Pre-paid auto-rickshaw service is available at the railway station.
