Bangalore Favorites

Favorite thing: Special Events
For further information, contact the Government of India Tourist Office
Below is a selection from the hundreds of Indian festivals celebrated throughout 2002. All the festivals are nationwide unless otherwise stated:
Jan Calcutta Festival.Jan 3-5 Mattu Pongal (harvest festival), Tamil Nadu.Jan 4-7 Pondicherry Yoga Festival, Pondicherry. Jan 8 Floating Festival, Tamil Nadu.Jan 12-13 Classical Music Festival, Mumbai. Jan 27-28 Bikaner Camel Festival. Feb Goa Festival.Feb 18-28 Taj Mahotsav (ten day event celebrating India's arts, crafts, music and cuisine), Agra.Feb 25-27 Desert Festival, Jaisalmer.Mar Khajuraho Dance Festival, Madhya Pradesh.Mar 9 Jaipur Festival of Colours. Mar 11 Shivatri (religious festival), nationwide. May 26 Buddha Purnima (celebration of the birthy of Lord Buddha). Mar 28 Elephant Festival, Jaipur.Apr 7-8 Mahavir Jayanti Festival, Bombay. Apr 15 Gangaur,Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur Bikaner. Apr 21 Ramnavami (anniversary of Lord Rama's birth).May 1 Maharashtra-Tag, Mumbai. Jun 1-3 Summer Festival, Mount-Abu. Jun 3-10 Badri-Kedar Festival (cultural festival), Badrnath and Kedarnath. Jul International Mango Festival, Delhi.Aug 4 Raksha Bandhan, Mumbai. Aug 12 Krishna Janmashtami (celebration of Krishna's Birthday). Aug 15 Indian Independence Day Celebrations. Aug 21-27 Onam Festival, Kerala. Sep 1 Ganesh Chaturthi (festival of the elephant God Ganesh). Oct 7-25 Navrati (Hindu festival), Bombay. Oct 8-9 Dussehra, nationwide. Nov 4 Deepvali, nationwide celebrations. Nov 16-19 Pushkar Fair, Ajmer (Pushkar).

Fondest memory: Note
Besides the above festivals there are hundreds of festivals and fairs which are of regional significance, celebrated with equal pomp and colour. The most authentic of these are the following: The Temple Festivals in southern India, a list of which is often available at Government of India Tourist Offices. Festivals at Ladakh in Kashmir. Festivals in Rajasthan; a visitor will be unlucky to visit Rajasthan at a time when a festival of some kind is not either in progress or about to take place. The visitor may also be lucky enough to witness dancing at a village festival or a private wedding.

Favorite thing: Bangalore has a very good crowd....beautiful girls..if theres a fashion capital in the east it would have to be bangalore....my fav place in bangalore ,like anybody who has visited bangalore would say, has to be brigade roads.....a kool hang out for a variety of activities

Fondest memory: The pubs r somethin u wouldnt wanna miss....the music is crazy....this is a place of metal and rock freaks.....Purple haze on residency road was a unforgettable place...
another memory from bangalore was a small dam not too far away from bangalore...located at about 15 miles from the big banyan tree on mysore road.....the ride to this place is one I will never forget...I was not aware of this place till one villager took me along to show this place...it was called manchinpilay dam or somethin of that sort

Favorite thing: If you are lucky enough to be there on a moonlit night, it literally glitters. As it is a Mausoleum, you have to take your shoes off to walk on it. This a custom at most 'holy' places. Leave your best shoes behind, and hold on to the ticket you get in the shoe area.

Favorite thing: One thing I liked in Bangalore is to wander in the small plaza and streets and interact with the locals. Otherwise, a trip to Bangalore can be very westernized if sticking to the commercial streets, attractions and hotels

Fondest memory: Running wild in a auto-ricksha while slalomming between Uber-Lori (trucks)

Favorite thing: Walking the roads at every available opportunity ...Also the green environs are very relaxing.

Fondest memory: Brigade Road is the place where you will find all kinds of people having a good time, either its watching a movie, shopping or just chilling out at the "Underground" pub.

Favorite thing: Take woolen clothes if you are travelling in between Nov - January.

Fondest memory: This photograph is of Venkatappa Art Gallery
One of the country's oldest art museums this gallery houses many interesting antiques and archeological objects. (Closed on Wednesday

Favorite thing: try the Rum Tarts.
I studied in Manipal (also in Karnataka not very far from Bangalore)and I remember every time we had someone going down to Bangalore - we would definitely ask them to get lotsa Rum Tarts

Fondest memory: Having Rum Tarts from Sweet Chariot at Brigade Road.

Favorite thing: MYSORE PALACE (Mysore)
The former Maharaja's Palace is now turned into a museum that can be visited daily. Fabulous rooms, incredible paintings and luxury all around. The entrance is very cheap, no photos allowed inside the palace. You must remove your shoes to enter (wear sandals and wash your feet that day!).
At nights on sundays the lighten up all the Palace with more than 50.000 lights!!!