British Colonial Bangalore

Travel Day 930 – Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA

After seeing some of the historical sites in Bangalore yesterday, today I focused more on seeing buildings form the British colonial area…

Colonial Building by MG Road, Bangalore

The British had initially arrived in Bangalore in 1809 and by 1831 they made the city their administrative base for the region. Obviously along with the administrative function came grand administrative buildings and a lot of colonial architecture. And even if Bangalore wasn’t quite the grand city that Kolkata once was, at least here it seemed the colonial buildings were in much better shape and in most cases still in good use…

Making sure that historic structures are in full use seemed to be always quite crucial to ensure that a building was kept up and properly maintained. Usually little things like cleaning out the gutters and drains, heating or ventilation and fixing up the roof normally ensured already that the building stayed in good shape and continued to enjoy a healthy long life…

British Colonial Hospital in Bangalore, India

For some reason that seemed to have been the case in Bangalore much rather than in Kolkata and so I found myself quite joyfully walking around and having a peak at all the colonial architecture that was still around. One of the first buildings that I walked up to and had a look at today was the nice red-brick Krishnarajendra City Market with all its many vendors inside and out…

Even if the colonial front building suggested that the market was much smaller than the market in Kolkata, the multi level building in the back was definitely quite big and it was equally as crowded as it was chaotic. After a short while, the colorful flower market became my main point of interest and I ended up watching all the vendors minding their business for a really long time…

British Krishnarajendra Market in Bangalore

Then I walked towards the British named Cubbon Park and had a look at all the colonial buildings over there. But along the way I managed to pass already a British colonial hospital and as I was quite curious, I walked right inside to have a look at this nicely maintained building with its big courtyard. Unfortunately the guard didn’t want to let me walk around on my own and he immediately started arranging an appointment for me to see the director. But I rather declined and carried on with my walk towards the park…

Set around this park were quite a lot of British colonial buildings, for example the huge red-brick Attara Kacheri High Court, the Government Museum and several other impressive structures. And while I continued my walk towards the busy MG road with all its shops, I was still happy to see that even here there were some British colonial buildings in existence and most notably they seemed to be in very decent shape… : )