Thindlu, once an ancient

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, is now a part of the

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. Thindlu is famous for its ancient temple of lord

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(a form lord

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) and is currently a thriving community with many real estate constructions. Thindlu comes under

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ward of Byatarayanapura constituency. Byatarayanapura is one of the largest constituency of Bangalore. Many residential layouts have recently come up. Thindlu is located to the east of

and to the west of

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. Once a rural village, it has now become very well integrated to

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city style. With many new residential apartments and with the influx of people this area does not resemble anymore like an rural village, although some areas still retain

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type old houses. Although declining,

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can still be witnessed here like any other part of

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Residential Layouts

Thindlu has many residential layouts and many of the residential houses are recently built. Before these layouts were constructed, this area was a forest and as a result, snakes are sometimes witnessed in this area. Residential areas include Bullet Krishnappa Layout, Canara Bank Layout, Sir M Visvesvaraya Layout, Tennis Village and many more. There are also many newly built multi storey residential apartments. Tennis village which is 5 minutes walkway from Thindlu circle has tennis court as well as swimming pool for its members and was founded by

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. Population of Thindlu has grown from few hundreds to large numbers due to its proximity to many educational and leading organisations such as Bharath Electronics Limited,

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and many more. Thindlu is just a walkaway distance from

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and

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. Manyata Embassy Park which houses global giant companies such as Phillips is 20 minutes drive from this area. There is a new double road constructed that runs from MS Palya to Canara bank Layout via

and Thindlu. A new building is constructed at Canara bank layout at the end of the double road for

. This new building is two-minute drive from Thindlu circle on the double road. There is also a beautiful park in this area where many people come for walking. Compared to nearby areas such as

and

, house rent and real estate prices are very much lower in Thindlu and Kodigehalli and this is also one of the reasons for the rapid development of residential layouts.

Temples

This area has many old Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Guru Shaneeshwara

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, Lord Anjaneya or

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and Lord

. It is believed that the

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of lord

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existed many hundreds of years earlier and the temple was built only recently. Anjaneya temple is very near to veerabhadra temple and is situated on the main road that leads to Nanjappa circle. Sri Veerabhadra Swamy temple is estimated to be 1000 years old and was recently renovated. The famous Kalika

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Parameshwari temple at

is just walkable distance from Thindlu circle. There is also a Shri Dodamma devi temple at thindlu circle which is being renovated. Ancient traditions such as Jathres and

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is practised even today in Veerabhadra temple of Thindlu on religious festivals.

Transportation

There are many buses connecting prominent areas of

to Thindlu. BMTC route number 288 runs from Thindlu to

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and vice versa and route number 288H runs from thindlu to

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and vice versa. Route number 288 is also one of the oldest BMTC routes. BMTC route number 288E connects

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via Thindlu. In the below table, important bus routes that passes Thindlu is given. Many more buses operate from

via Nanjappa circle to all parts of the city which is a ten-minute walk away from Thindlu. Nearest railway station is Kodigehalli railway station which is ten minutes walkway from Thindlu circle. This station was recently electrified and was made

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. Many passenger trains stop here and one such train is Chik Ballapur – Bangalore Passenger which also stops at Nandi Halt station

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. One can board this train from Kodigehalli to visit this beautiful hills. Due to increasing traffic jams, an underpass is constructed at Kodigehalli-Thindlu main road that intersects this railway station.

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Residential Layouts

Temples

Transportation

See also

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