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{{short description|Neighbourhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2007}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Domlur
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| photo2a =View from the Domlur 'Foot Over Bridge'.JPG
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| image_caption = (Top to bottom) Domlur bus depot, View from Domlur foot over bridge
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bengaluru, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.9608157|N|77.6361322|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Bangalore Urban
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Bengaluru
| subdivision_type4 = Zone
| subdivision_name4 = Jayanagar
| subdivision_type5 = Ward
| subdivision_name5 = 112
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 34703<ref>http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=57</ref>
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 560071
| registration_plate = KA-03
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Bangalore Central
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Shantinagar<ref name="BBMP">{{Cite web|title=Domlur|url=http://bbmp.gov.in/documents/10180/3155965/Domlur-east.pdf|publisher=BBMP|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
| blank3_name_sec1 = Planning agency
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'''Domlur''' is a small township located in the eastern part of [[Bangalore]] city in [[India]]. Domlur was included in the erstwhile [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bangalore Civil and Military Station]]<ref name=Rice>{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Benjamin Lewis|title=Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government|date=1887|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=London, UK|isbn=8120609778|page=70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&q=tamil+inscriptions+in+bangalore&pg=PA70|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> under the British [[Madras Presidency]] till it was transferred to the [[Mysore State]] in 1949.<ref name=Srivatsa>{{cite news|last1=Srivatsa|first1=Sharath S|title=Bangalore calling: it all goes way back…|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1939954.ece|access-date=3 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2007}}</ref>

Domlur is surrounded by offices of multinational software companies and [[business process outsourcing]] companies. Domlur hosts the software park Embassy Golf Links (EGL). [[McAfee]], [[NetApp]], [[Dell]], [[IBM]], [[Microsoft]], [[Australia and New Zealand Banking Group|ANZ]], [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Mistral Solutions]] are the companies located in this area. Domlur is located close to the 'old airport'.

The major military establishments having divisions in Domlur are [[Indian Air Force]], EME Workshop, and ASC (Army Service Corps).

==Ancient Tamil Inscriptions==
{{main|Tamil Inscriptions of Bangalore}}
The [[Domlur Chokkanathaswamy temple|Chokkanathaswamy Temple]] is a 10th-century [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] temple, located in Domlur. There are a number of [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] inscriptions in the temple. Domlur is referred to as Tombalur or Desimanikkapattanam in these inscriptions. Chakravarthi Posalaviraramanatha Deva has left inscriptions with directions to temple authorities of his kingdom. Further, some inscriptions record the tributes, taxes and tolls made to the temple by [[Deva Raya II|Devaraya II]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar Empire]], which state the houses, wells, land around Tombalur were offered to the deity Sokkapperumal. Another Tamil inscription dated 1270 talks about 2 door posts being donated by Alagiyar. Yet another inscription in Tamil details Talaikkattu and his wife donating lands from Jalapalli village and Vinnamangalam tank to the deity. A 1290AD inscription talks about donation of ten pens from the revenue of Tommalur by Poysala vira Ramananda.<ref name="Rice"/><ref name=Githa>{{cite news|last1=Githa|first1=U B|title=A Chola temple in Domlur!|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr192004/metro9.asp|access-date=4 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=19 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104114438/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr192004/metro9.asp|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Githa1>{{cite web|last1=Githa|first1=U B|title=Chokkanathaswamy Temple, a fine example of Chola architecture|url=http://www.chitralakshana.com/chokkanatha.html|website=Chitralakshana: All about Indian Art|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=Sridhar>{{cite web|last1=Sridhar|first1=Lakshminarasimhan|last2=Sridhar|first2=Geetha|title=Chokkanarayan Swamy Temple Domlur|url=http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Bang/Chokanarayana.htm|website=Vishnu Temples of Karnataka|access-date=16 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118114213/http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Bang/Chokanarayana.htm|archive-date=18 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Priyanka>{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Priyanka S|title=Chokkanatha: The city's oldest temple|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article524984.ece|access-date=18 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=19 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=Harshitha-Domlur>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The temple of the Cholas|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-temple-of-cholas.html|website=Suttha Muttha|access-date=25 January 2015|date=10 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Good vibrations|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/Good-vibrations/articleshow/44881818.cms|access-date=6 February 2015|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=20 October 2014}}</ref>

==Transport==
Domlur is very well connected to all parts of Bangalore by road. There are three arterial roads in the locality- [[Old Airport Road, Bangalore|Old Airport Road]], [[100 Feet Road]] and [[Inner Ring Road, Bangalore|Inner Ring Road]]- which connect Domlur to the rest of Bangalore city.

Domlur is easily accessible by the [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation]] (BMTC) buses and has a sprawling bus terminus (known as ''Domlur Traffic Transit & Management Centre [TTMC]''). The TTMC is located on the Old Airport Road and has parking facility for cars and two-wheelers. All buses from [[Kempegowda Bus Station]], [[K. R. Market]] and [[Shivajinagar, Bangalore|Shivajinagar]] towards HAL, [[Marathahalli]], [[Varthur]] and [[Whitefield, Bangalore|Whitefield]] as well as buses from [[Jeevanbheemanagar|Jeevanbhimanagar]] and [[Indiranagar]] towards [[Koramangala]], [[BTM Layout]], [[Jayanagar, Bangalore|Jayanagar]] and [[Banashankari]] pass through Domlur.

The nearest [[Namma Metro]] station is at [[Indiranagar metro station|Indiranagar]], which is around 2.5 km from Domlur.

===Old Airport road flyover===
A major landmark in Domlur is the ''Airport road flyover'' (also known as ''Domlur flyover'') at the Old Airport Road, 100 Feet Road and Inner Ring Road junction. This [[Overpass|flyover]] was notorious for its delay in construction and the traffic trouble caused by its delay which was due to the mismanagement by the subcontractor UPSBC ( Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120206205902/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-06-05/bangalore/27863247_1_flyover-protest-traffic-jams]</ref> The construction of the flyover which was started in early 2003 ended in 2007. The flyover, excluding the outer loops, was completed in July 2006 and opened to public on 12 July 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/airport-road-flyover-to-be-thrown-open-tomorrow/article3103452.ece|title=Airport Road flyover to be thrown open tomorrow|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 July 2006|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Subsequently, the other loops were opened to public in the next eight months.

==Civic Administration==

===Politics===
Domlur is part of the Shantinagar legislative assembly constituency led by [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]] [[N. A. Haris]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]). Shantinagar in turn comes under [[Bangalore Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore Central]] parliamentary constituency led by [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] [[P. C. Mohan]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]). During the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]], P. C. Mohan won from Bangalore Central defeating his nearest rival [[Rizwan Arshad]] (INC) by a margin of 1,37,500 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1025.htm?ac=25|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=ECI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PDFS/Previous%20Elections/Election%20Statistics_LS_2009.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Karnataka General Election 2009|page=88|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084012/http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PDFS/Previous%20Elections/Election%20Statistics_LS_2009.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> N. A. Haris won the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2018 assembly election]] from Shantinagar by a margin of 18,205 votes defeating his nearest rival K. Vasudevamurthy (BJP).<ref>[https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/cong-mla-na-haris-wins-a-third-time-in-shantinagar-bengaluru Despite Son’s Assault Case, Cong MLA NA Haris Wins a Third Time]</ref>

===Civic Administration===
Domlur is a ward under the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]] (BBMP), which is the administrative body for Bangalore city and comes under the [[Jayanagar, Bangalore|Jayanagar]] zone of the BBMP. The ward number is 112. The current corporator of Domlur ward is C. R. Lakshminarayan (Gundanna), who is politically an [[Independent politician#India|Independent]].<ref>[http://www.siliconcitynews.com/?p=19457 BBMP ELECTION – 2015 : DOMLUR WARD – 112 C.R.LAKSHMINARAYAN(GUNDANNA) Independent Party]</ref>

===Post Office===
Domlur [[post office]] is located at Domlur 1st Stage on the Service Road running parallel to the Old Airport Road. The [[Postal Index Number|pin code]] for the area is 560071.

== Gallery ==
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<gallery caption="Domlur" widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
File:Domlur Park 8-15-2008 3-42-32 PM.JPG|Domlur SAARC Park
File:Domlur-flyover-Old-Airport-Road-IRR.jpg|View of Old Airport Road from the Domlur Flyover
File:Domlur ttmc.jpg|Domlur Bus Station (TTMC)
File:Domlur post office.jpg|Domlur Post Office
File:Domlur ped bridge.jpg|Pedestrian foot-bridge at Domlur Bus Stand Signal
File:Inner ring road domlur.jpg|Intermediate Ring Road, Domlur
File:Old airport road domlur.jpg|Old Airport Road, Domlur
File:Domlur water tank.jpg|Domlur BWSSB Water Tank
File:Domlur flyover.jpg|Domlur flyover towards Indiranagar
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Bangalore'''
|Northwest = Cambridge Layout
|North = [[Indiranagar]]
|Northeast = HAL 2nd Stage
|West = Agram
|Centre = Domlur
|East = [[Kodihalli, Bangalore|Kodihalli]]
|Southwest = Agram
|South = Agram
|Southeast = Challaghatta
}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Bangalore]]

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