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, India. It was planned in 1889 after the great plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895. As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya and was later named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple. The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them being World Trade Center Bengaluru. It has two shopping malls, Mantri Square and Orion Mall (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub, it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards, Mysore Education Society, Institute of Wood Science and Technology and

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History

The earlier name of Malleshwaram was ''Mallapura'' as documented in the Ekoji Inscription of Malleshwaram dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of the

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chief Ekoji, half brother of

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who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undated

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inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 of ''Epigraphia carnatica'', it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established. H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion

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and his daughter

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, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and

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have all lived here. Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as CTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores, and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda. H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion

and his daughter

, noted Carnatic musician Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars Saroja Devi, Ananth Nag and

Location

It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity to Yeshwanthpur,Gokula, Rajajinagar, Sadashivanagar, Seshadripuram and the Kempegowda Bus Station. The closest metro stations to this place are the Sampige Road metro station and Srirampura metro station.

Tourist attractions

A few tourist attractions in and around Malleshwaram are Kaadu Malleshwara Temple, Orion Mall, Mantri Square Mall, Bangalore Palace,

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and Sankey tank.

Notable locations

* Kadu Malleshwara Temple * Sri Gangamma Devi Temple * Sri Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Kshetra * Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple * Sri Sai Mandali Malleshwaram * Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple * Sankey tank * Mantri Square * Malleshwaram inscriptions and hero stones * Orion Mall * Institute of Wood Science and Technology *

References

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{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore Neighbourhoods in West Bengaluru