KARNATAKA

INTRODUCTION• Karnataka, the eighth largest State in India is one of the most beautiful

states in the country.• It was formed on 1 November 1956, Originally known as the State of

Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973• Bangalore ( Bengaluru ) is the capital

• Extending from the Arabian Sea and the fertile forest ridges of the Western Ghats to the drier, boulder-strewn region of the Deccan

Plateau, Karnataka’s picturesque location is remarkable.• The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres (74,122 sq mi),

or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India.• Karnataka is the eighth largest state by population, comprising 30

districts• Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely

spoken and official language of the state.

• The two main river systems of the state are the Krishna and its

tributaries and the Kaveri• Karnataka preserves its past glory by observing various fairs and festivals, retaining its art and crafts and by performing

various dances and music forms. It is the birth place of the

Indian classical music.

CLIMATE

• Karnataka enjoys a salubrious climate throughout the year. The state like all other states of the country experiences typical tropical climate comprising of three distinct seasons

• The state receives its annual quota of rainfall during the winter and summer monsoons

• The climate gets little humid during the months of April and May. The monsoon starts at the beginning of May and continues for 3-4 months.

• The chief attraction is the city Bangalore itself. Bangalore is sometime called as “The Air-Conditioned City of the Country”.

• Dry season - December to February.• Summer season - March to May..• South-West monsoon - June to

September.• Temperature -mean maximum -33.4

° C in April/May• mean minimumof 15 ° C in

December/January.

ORIGIN & EVOLUTION• Karnataka's pre-history goes back to a paleolithic hand-axe culture

evidenced by discoveries of, among other things, hand axes and cleavers in the region

• Prior to the third century BCE, most of Karnataka formed part of the Nanda Empire before coming under the Mauryan empire of Emperor Ashoka.

• The decline of Satavahana power led to the rise of the earliest native kingdoms, the Kadambas and the Western Gangas

• These dynasties were followed by imperial Kannada empires such as the aBadmi Chalukyas, the Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta and the Western Chalukya Empire.

• At the turn of the first millennium, the Hoysalaa gained power in the region. Literature flourished during this time, which led to the emergence of distinctive Kannada literary metres, and the construction of temples and sculptures adhering to the Vesara style of architecture.

• In the early 14th century, Harihara and Bukka Raya established the Vijayanagara empire with its capital, Hosapattana (later named Vijayanagara

• In 1565, Karnataka and the rest of South India experienced a major geopolitical shift when the Vijayanagara empire fell to a confederation of Islamic sultanates in the Battle of Talikota.

• In the period that followed, parts of northern Karnataka were ruled by the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Maratha Empire, the British, and other powers.

• In the south, the Mysore Kingdom, a former vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire, was briefly independent. With the death of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, Haidar Ali the commander-in-chief of the Mysore army, gained control of the region. After his death, the kingdom was inherited by his son Tippu Sultan.

• Tippu Sultan fought four significant Anglo-Mysore Wars, the last of which resulted in Tippu Sultan's death and the incorporation of Mysore into the British Raj in 1799

• After India's independence, the Maharaja, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, allowed his kingdom's accession to India.

• In 1950, Mysore became an Indian state of the same name; the former Maharaja served as its Rajpramukh (head of state) until 1975.

• Following the long-standing demand of the Ekikarana Movement, Kodagu- and Kannada-speaking regions from the adjoining states of Madras, Hyderabad and Bombay were incorporated into the Mysore state

• The thus expanded state was renamed Karnataka, seventeen years later, in 1973.

TOURISM

Bengal tigers at Bannerghatta National Park near Bangalore

Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur.

Mysore Palace at night, Mysore,

Karnataka.Keshava Temple, Somanathapura.

Mallikarjuna temple and Kashi Vishwanatha

temple

Statue of Ugranarasimha at Hampi

WHITEFIELD

• Whitefield is a neighborhood of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, India.

• Established in the late 1800s as a settlement for the Eurasians and Anglo Indians of Bangalore

• Whitefield remained a quaint little settlement at the eastern periphery of Bangalore city till the late 1990s when the local IT boom turned it as a major suburb.

• Whitefield has started seeing a boom in residential construction since the latter half of 1990s and especially during 2002 and onwards.

• Shopping malls like The Forum Value, Phoenix Market City, Park Square Mall and Inorbit Mall are in the Whitefield area.

• It also houses the renowned super specialty hospital, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, inaugurated by Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 19 January 2001, which offers all the medical services for free.

• Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre is the other major super-speciality hospital in Whitefield.

Caterpillar at the RMZ NXT Building

TCS L Center SigmaTechnology Park

Prestige Shantiniketan

The Forum ValuePhoenix Market City

Brigade Harmony

vydehi institute of medical sciences and research centre