Indiranagar (Indira Nagar) is a neighborhood locality located in east of the Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The name Indira in Indiranagar itself appears familiar & well known which represents & reminds the great personality of India: Indhira Gandhi, the former Prime minister. And it’s true that the locality is named after Indhira Gandhi as Indiranagar in 1980's. Indiranagar was a residential area at the beginning when it was formed with a BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) layout, but with the boom of IT (Information Technology).

Indiranagar in addition to a residential area it also became one of the commercial arena’s of Bangalore. Indiranagar has an added value of its geographical site location as Indiranagar shares its boundaries with Vimanapura on the east, Ulsoor on the west, Byappanahalli on the north & Domlur on the south. Generally an area gets it place value mainly because of its surrounding borders or boundaries. Even Indiranagar too gained its geographical place value or site location value in Bangalore because of its surrounding borders which are prominent areas.

As, Indiranagar is in the vicinity of commercial zones of M.G Road, Brigade Road, Koramangala & Airport Road. All the boundaries of Indiranagar are so prominent that the residents of this area not only get benefit but also the Indiranagar got its commercial arena status because of them. Ulsoor has many temples of which Halasuru Someshwara Temple is the oldest one built in 16th century by Kempe Gowda & stands as Bangalore's heritage & for the architectural mix of Hoysala, Cholas & Vijayanagara patterns. Many supermarkets & fashion stores are located in CMH Road of Ulsoor which serves as the shopping spot for both Indiranagar & Ulsoor locals.

And the other boundary Domlur is also a township which is very near to old airport. Domlur has many Multi National Companies (MNC) & Business Processing Units (BPO) to name: Dell, IBM, Microsoft and Target. Even the defense organizations like Indian Air force, EME workshop & ASC are present in Domlur. Thus, Indira nagar due to its proximity to Domlur also became the residential & commercial arena as the defense & military personnel reside here.

Vimanapura is one more boundary to Indira nagar. It has HAL Offices, HAL Quarters, HAL Hospital, Indian Space Research Organization, Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine and Air India. Thus, from 1980's to till 2008 Vimanapura HAL airport served as Domestic & International Airport which then taken by Bengaluru Airport. It means, from starting of Indiranagar till 2008 Vimanapura HAL airport added geographical sight significance to Indiranagar locality on Map as a boundary region & brought a commercial value to this locality of Indiranagar.

And Byappanahalli comes into picture as not only the other border of Indiranagar but also it has a greater significance when it comes to Bangalore City’s Intra transportation, as Namma Metro, a Rapid Mass Transit System’s Purple line connects Byappanahalli to Whitefield at a stretch of 15..50 KM covering 14 stations operated by BMRC.

Namma Metro, Indiranagar.

Indiranagar is mostly preferred as the residential locality because it has all the basic amenities provided within limited radius. May it be Indiranagar or any other locality, generally a locality is judged as a best place to inhabit & live is based on its geographical site location & also basing on the terms whether it is near to mainstream & whether it can cater the general needs like Schools, office locations, hospitals, temples, parks & shopping centers. It houses both elegant buildings of Defence personnel in Defence colony as well as decent houses of Jeevan Bima Nagar.  All the major festivals are celebrated here as it has the people from all regions & religions. It’s the unity in diversity of a mini India seen here as the people from various cultures, religions & regions live together & lead their life comfortably in one arena of Indiranagar. From the day of its birth in late 80's to till date, it has evolved from a mere residential locality to now a commercial hub.

Bangalore being the cultural capital for traditional dance, Music & also even for Rock concerts, Indiranagar to carries a cultural heritage point, Sangeetha Sabha since 1986. Sangeetha Sabha organizes Music & Dance School. It also conducts all the Promotional activities, Seminars, Puppet Shows & annual cultural programs like Vocal Music Concerts & Instrumental Music Concerts. Sangeetha Sabha constructed Purandhara Bhavan which promotes performing arts theatre & drama.  Many Events like Cultural Programs, Seminars, Product launches, Exhibitions, Corporate meetings, Annual meetings are held in Purandhara Bhavan. For Art lovers Indiranagar has so much to engulf themselves in these live shows & concerts.   

Apart from Sangeetha Sabha, Indiranagar has a Club. And Indiranagar Club is located in HAL 2nd Stage of Indiranagar. The Club covers an evergreen area of more than a hectare & so. Indiranagar Club is within reach of Airport, Railway station & also near to Vidhana Soudha within a radius of 6 kms. Indiranagar Club involves the members & their families to participate in Sports, Literary & Cultural Activities. Thus, Indiranagar Club thrives for the social & cultural welfare of the resident members of Indiranagar.

Indiranagar Club looks beyond the service by facilitating its members with a Library cum a reading room to inculcate the passion for reading with a minimum monthly subscription of Rs.17.  

Indiranagar has many well established renowned Schools, Colleges & Hospitals within reach of residential area which makes Indiranagar as the choice of many regions & cultures to inhabit live for years & forever. Hence, Indiranagar is preferred as the residential area & thus it turned into a Cosmopolitan Locality.

Bangalore is famous as Garden City, so Indiranagar too has a Park at the junction of CMH Road & 100 Feet Road. This park is the City's only OUTDOOR VERTICAL GARDEN. This park has been renovated by a real estate firm, Corner stone with BBMP support. This park serves as a FREE OXYGEN ZONE & LUNG SPACE. Indiranagar Park has children’s play area & also zone for senior citizens.

Indiranagar has many parks of which Twin Park is maintained by the BBMP & Indiranagar local resident’s welfare association. This Park serves the local residents as morning jogging trek & Oxygen zone. The Twin Park also acts as an open airy green theatre for cultural activities on every Sunday.  A LAUGHING CLUB is also conducted every day morning for Senior Citizens at this Twin Park.  Daily this Park is visited by 300 people.

In Indiranagar a Park for Senior Citizens is present in Defence Colony. Many butterflies are seen here in this Park adding extra color & life to the already existing greenery of the Park. To the wonder, these Butterflies count increases beyond count in March due to Migratory Pattern of Butterflies.  Another park named Geethanjali Park is situated in HAL 3 stage which is maintained well with children’s play area & equipment’s too. One more Park is present at 100ft Road near KFC has too many kids playing equipments.

Besides these Parks, Indiranagar has many Amusement Parks & Multiplex movie theatres for entertainment & also popular visiting places like Cubban Park & Bannerghatta National Park too.  Bannerghatta National Park is in one hour travel distance from Indiranagar. But that one hour travel surely returns happy refreshing hours of a whole day as Bannerghatta National Park has a collection of various Butterfly species in Butterfly Park. Time gets tickled off & flies away in watching animals at Zoo & enjoying the adventurous rides of Safari in Bannerghatta National Park.

The Indiranagar has two Localities, 1st stage & 2nd stage of which 1st stage is the largest Locality.  Sub-Localities of Indiranagar include HAL 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stages, Jeevanbheemanagar, Kodihall Old/New Thippasandra, 515 Colony, Geethanjali Layout, Annayappa Garden, Doopanahalli, Defence Colony, Hutting Colony, Michael palya, Mottappana palya and Appareddy palya.

Bangalore has a Rapid Mass Metro Transit system for internal traffic called Namma Metro. This Namma Metro Purple Line connects Indiranagar to its neighborhood Swami Vivekananda Road. Besides Namma Metro, Indiranagar is also connected to other areas of Bangalore through Road via Buses run by BMTC.

Thus, Indiranagar is a replica of Bangalore & it will be apt to say that Indiranagar is A MINI BANGALORE & a Cosmopolitan Locality in itself with all sorts of zones... Temples, Shopping Centers, Fitness Centre’s, Well Renowned Schools, Best Hospitals, Parks, Cultural arena's (Club, Sangeetha Sabha, Library and Purandhara Bhavan) & restaurants which showcase the Ideal Bangalore atmosphere in totality in a limited arena of Indiranagar.  When compared to the other regions of Bangalore, Indiranagar takes the status of a Cosmopolitan Locality as the people of all regions & religions live together harmoniously. Thus, Indiranagar is on the top of the lists of settling down & is being opted as the best residential area to inhabit, live for years & forever by most of the people.

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