Varthur

Neighbourhoods in BangaloreUse Indian English from August 2017

Varathur (originally known as) was once famous for a fort built here by the ancient rulers which was strengthened and expanded by his excellency Kempegowda. It is also believed that Kempegowda set up a weapons armory here. Even today there exists a street named Kote Beedhi (Fort Street), according to locals Vahnakula Kshatriyas first settled in the Kote Beedhi area around the famous Chennakeshava Swamy Temple. However, after the invasion by Islamic fanatic Ranadulla Khan (of the Bijapura Sultanate) and his military commander Shahji Bhonsale, the people moved from the Fort Street to settle far away in what is today known as Thigalara Beedhi Varthuru is a suburb situated in the Eastern periphery of Bangalore City and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township. Varthuru is a Hobli and part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. Varthuru was a Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka but was split into three legislative assemblies C.V.Raman Nagar, Mahadevapura and Krishnarajapura in the year 2008. It is also one of the wards of BBMP. It is located in South-Eastern Bangalore between old Airport road and Sarjapur road. Varthuru is very close to ITPB. There are many IT companies in Varthuru Hobli. The head office of one of the largest IT companies, Wipro Technologies is situated at Doddakannelli, Varthuru Hobli. Some other companies such as Cisco Systems, ARM, and Aricent Group, are situated in Varthuru Hobli. At Varthuru, people celebrate Brahmarathotsava of Sri Chennaraya Swamy, which happens on the day of Ratha Saptami. It is one of the famous events that takes place in this area. Two days later is Karaga of Sri Draupathamma (Draupadi) at Sri Dharmaraya Swamy (Yudhishthira) temple, which happens at night and is visited by thousands of people from Varthuru, Gunjur, Madhuranagara, Whitefield, Ramagondannahalli, Balagere, Sorahunase, Immadihalli, Harohalli, Muthsandra, and Kotur.

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Bengaluru Varthur (Mahadevapura Zone)

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