Krishnarajapuram
Krishnarajapuram or K.R. Puram, officially Krishnarajapura, is a neighborhood of in North-Eastern Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) from Bangalore City railway station. The Old Madras Road passes through this locality. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in the heart of this area. The Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake near Medahalli, situated just outside the eastern limits of KR Puram, is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore. Krishnarajapuram is also the headquarters of the Bangalore East taluk and houses certain central and state government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election, and re-elected in 2018. The area is also a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. The area was named after Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.
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Bengaluru Kaggadasapura (Mahadevapura Zone)
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 12.995 ° | E 77.68 ° |
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560093 Bengaluru, Kaggadasapura (Mahadevapura Zone)
Karnataka, India
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