Padmanabhanagar is a posh residential locality in South
Bangalore
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,
India
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, covering an area of 1.68 km
2.
It is one of the
zones of
BBMP. Padmanabhanagar has a very famous park called Lakshmikanta Park. This park houses Lakshmi Kantha temple. It was looked after by residents association, in 2018 the corporator allotted funds and developed it further. The park was eyed for its medicinal trees and was sanctioned to be cut down completely and set up a landscaped area but the senior citizens of the locality who nurtured the park protested and stopped it. It is surrounded by
Kumaraswamy Layout,
Gowdanapalya, Chennamanakere, Kathriguppe, Kadirenahalli,
Uttarahalli and Chikkakalasandra.
It is a constituency in the
Karnataka legislative assembly
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. The assembly constituency has several areas surrounding Padmanabhanagara like Kumaraswamy Layout, Yediyur, Tyagarajanagara, Banashankari 2nd stage, Yarab Nagara, parts of Banashankari temple ward, Jayanagara 6th/7th/8th blocks, Shastri Nagara. The constituency is currently represented by Shri R Ashoka (Bharathiya Janata Party). Padmanabhanagara is also a ward constituency in BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ward No. 182) which was represented by Smt. L Shobha Anjanappa of BJP (Bharathiya Janata Party), in the immediate past term.
Education
Among its educational institutions are:
* Carmel School
* Prarthana School
* Deccan International School
* Sri Kumarans Children's home(SKCH) Composite PU college
* Jnana Vijnana Vidya Peeta
Health
*
Maharaja Agrasen Hospital (Bangalore)
* D.G Hospital
* Yogananda Multi Speciality Hospital
* Motherhood (opposite KIMS)
* Agarwal Eye Hospital
* Medall Clumax Diagnostics
* Hillside Hospital
Notable residents
*
H.D. Deve Gowda,
Janata Dal (Secular)
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, abbreviation = JD(S)
, president = H. D. Deve Gowda
, founder ...
leader and former
Prime Minister of India
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Transport
The area is well connected by the BMTC bus network.
*Bus routes to Kempegowda Bus Terminus include 12B, 12C, 210N, 210NA, 210NB, 210ND, 210NF, 210P, 210J, 210KA, 210W, 210I.
*Bus routes to KR Market include 15A, 210N, 210NA.
*Bus routes to Shivajinagara include 13B, 182, 210H.
*Bus route to Bhoopasandra - 279F.
*Bus route to Kamala Nagara BEML Layout - TR-10 (210N-96D)
*Nearest Namma Metro station is ''Banashankari'' (on the Green line).
References
External links
About Padmanabhanagar at Bangalorelookup
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Neighbourhoods in South Bengaluru