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K R Market (Krishnarajendra Market), also known as City Market, is the largest wholesale market dealing with commodities in
File:KR Market Entrance.jpg, Entrance of the British-era front building
File:KR Market Front Concrete.jpg, Front of modern (1990s) building
File:KR Market Tomato.jpg, Tomato seller in the open-air section
File:KR Market Entrance concrete.jpg, Entrance of the modern building
File:KR Market Underground 1.jpg, Basement level: Fruit and vegetable stalls
File:KR Market Underground 2.jpg, Basement level: flower sellers
File:KR Market Ground.jpg, Ground Floor: Dry goods stalls
File:KR Market Stairs.jpg, Staircase to the first floor
File:KR Market Tools.jpg, First floor: Tools and machine-tools stalls
File:KR Market Pit 1.jpg, Flower-garland makers working on the intermediate level of one of the central lighting pits (4 in all)
File:KR Market Pit 2.jpg, Another lighting pit
File:KR Market Kids.jpg, Kids playing on one of the concrete awnings above an entrance
File:KR Market Machine Tool.jpg, Flower-garland makers working next to decaying machine tools kept for parts on the first floor
File:KR Market Workers.jpg, Workers sleeping
File:KR Market back.jpg, At the back of the modern building, another remnant of the British-era structure
K R Market (Krishnarajendra Market), also known as City Market, is the largest wholesale market dealing with commodities in Bangalore
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, India. It is named after Krishnarajendra Wodeyar, a former ruler of the princely state of Mysore
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. The market is located in the Kalasipalya area, adjacent to the Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, on Mysore Road
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at it rajendra Road. It is the first locality in the whole of Asia to get and considered to be one of the biggest flower markets in Asia.
History
K R Market was established in 1928. The location of the market is said to have been a water tank and then a battlefield in the 18th century during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. From the British era, two buildings remain, at the front and back of the market area.Present day
A new concrete 3-story structure was erected in the 1990s between the two older buildings to provide more space for vendors and better overall conditions. At the basement is an underground parking above which stand three commodity-specialised floors: flowers and vegetables on the lower ground floor, dry goods on the upper ground floor and tools and machine-tools accessories on the first floor.Gallery
See also
*Bengaluru Pete
Bengaluru Pete is the area of Bengaluru city which was established by Kempegowda I (c. 1510–1570) in 1537 with roads laid out in the cardinal directions, and entrance gates at the end of each road. Kempegowda also termed the Pete he built as ...
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