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weekends you'll see health-conscious locals jogging and playing badminton all over the
park.
National Gallery of Modern Art
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ART GALLERY
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(NGMA; 22342338;
www.ngmaindia.gov.in/ngma_bangaluru.asp
;
49 Palace Rd; admission ?150; 10am-5pm
Tue-Sun)
Housed in a 200 year-old mansion - the former vacation home of the Raja of
Mysore - this museum showcases an impressive permanent collection as well as changing
exhibitions. The Old Wing exhibits works from pre-Independence, including paintings by
Raja Ravi Varma and Abanindranath Tagore (nephew of Rabindranath Tagore, and
founder of the avant-garde Bengal School art movement), while the New Wing focuses on
post-Independence with works by MF Hussain and FN Souza.
Cubbon Park
In the heart of Bengaluru's business district is Cubbon Park, a sprawling 120-hectare
garden named after former British commissioner Sir Mark Cubbon. Under its leafy
boughs, groups of Bengaluru's residents converge to steal a moment from the rat race that
rages outside. On the fringes of Cubbon Park are the red-painted Gothic-style
State Central
Dravidian-style
Vidhana Soudha
GARDEN
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,
that houses the High Court. Both of the latter are closed to
Kacheri
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the public.
Government Museum
(Kasturba Rd; admission ?4; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun, closed every 2nd Sat)
In a beautiful red colonial-era
building dating from 1877, you'll find a dusty collection of 12th-century stone carvings
and artefacts excavated from Halebid, Hampi and Attriampakham. Your ticket also gets
next door, where you can see works and personal memorabilia of K Venkatappa
(1887-1962), court painter to the Wodeyars.
MUSEUM
Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technical Museum
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MUSEUM
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