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A major industrial and commercial centre, with scientific and research activity. Bangalore is multifaceted: modern marvels, historical monuments, bustling shopping plazas, a race course and golf courses. Called the silicon valley of india for its growing software industry, it is also known as the city of draught beer.
Bangalore is the capital of karnataica which harbours a diversity of attractions such as the ruins of vijaynagar, sculptures of belur and halebid, the mausoleum of gol gumbaz at bijapur, golden sands of karavalli, the proud hills of kodagu, forests of bandipur, nagarhole and bannerghatta, and chikmagalur with its mountains and coffee plantations, majestic mysore and the world’s tallest freestanding monolith of bahubaii at sravanabelagola.
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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.
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.
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.
Garden restaurants, drive-in eating joints, restaurants with attached pubs and bars, fast food joints and typical south in¬dian thali meals in the local style are avail¬able all over bangalore.
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194 km from bangalore is the district headquarters town of hassan. This calm and peaceful town is a convenient base to visit sravanabelagola, belur and halebid. They are best done over two days, with an overnight halt at hassan. You can visit these places from bangalore and mysore too.
