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Bangalore Hotels and Bangalore City Guide with Bangalore Hotel Discounts, Maps, Travel Information and Area Attractions
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Bangalore Hotels and City Guide : Guide Home Page
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Bangalore Hotels and Bangalore Guide with Bangalore Maps, Photos, Attractions, Room Reservations and Hotel Discounts at a Wide Range of Bangalore Hotels
City Guides : Asia Pacific : India : Bangalore City Guide : Guide Home Page
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The third largest city in India and the fifth largest metropolitan area of the country, Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka in South India. The city, often referred to as the Garden City of India and the Silicon Valley of India, is a highly commercialised district, with many companies dealing in information technology. The city is also the growing hub of biotechnological industries in India. Although Bangalore is thus modernised, the natural beauty of the gardens such as Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park balance the city’s appearance, culture and nature.
Interestingly, the origin of the name ‘Bangalore’, given to this lively city, is debatable. One version says it’s simply derived from the native phrase ‘Benda Kaal Ooru’ meaning boiled beans. This theory is supported by a legend speaking of a king losing his way in the forest during a hunting a trip. The king arrived at a hut of an old woman, who served him boiled beans for food, as it’s all she had to offer. Filled with gratitude, the king named the area as Benda Kaal Ooru.
The second theory has more ground to it, as it says it was Kempe Gawda, the creator and original architect of the city, who named the city Bangalore, because his wife and mother were from Hale Bengaluru, an ancient hamlet of India.
There are several other speculations, those not supported by any hard evidence. Incidentally, the name Bangalore is the anglicised version of Bengaluru, bestowed during the British Colonial era.
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 Gateway Hotel on Residency Road
66 Residency Road,Bangalore, India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | |  | Taj Residency Hotel
41/3 Mahatma Gandhi Road,Bangalore,India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | | | The Leela Palace Kempinski Bangalore
23, Airport Road
560008
Bangalore
India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | | | The Oberoi Bangalore
37-39 Mahatma Ghandi Road, Bangalore, India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | | | West End Hotel
Race Course Road,Bangalore,India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | | | Le Meridien Bangalore
28 Sankey Road
PB No 174
Bangalore
560 052
India
Hotel Information - Room Reservations | | | Comfort Inn Vijay Residency Bangalore
18, III Main Road
Bangalore
India
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