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[[File:K.R. Market.jpg|thumb|right|200px|KR Market in 2011]]<br />
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'''K R Market''' ('''Krishnarajendra Market'''), also known as '''City Market''', is the largest wholesale market dealing with commodities in [[Bangalore]], India. It is named after [[Krishnarajendra Wodeyar]], a former ruler of the princely state of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]]. The market is located in the [[Kalasipalyam|Kalasipalya]] area, adjacent to the [[Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace]], on [[Mysore Road]] at it[[Krishnarajendra Road|rajendra Road]]. It is the first locality in the whole of Asia to get and considered to be one of the biggest flower markets in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangalore: KR Market not all bed of roses|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bangalore-kr-market-not-all-bed-of-roses/240777-62-132.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140926122726/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bangalore-kr-market-not-all-bed-of-roses/240777-62-132.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2014|publisher=IBNLive|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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K R Market was established in 1928. The location of the market is said to have been a water tank and then a battlefield in the 18th century during the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Once a battlefield, now bustling K.R. Market|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/once-a-battlefield-now-bustling-kr-market/article2811512.ece|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> From the British era, two buildings remain, at the front and back of the market area. <br />
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==Present day==<br />
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A new concrete 3-story structure was erected in the 1990s between the two older buildings to provide more space for vendors and better overall conditions. At the basement is an underground parking above which stand three commodity-specialised floors: flowers and vegetables on the lower ground floor, dry goods on the upper ground floor and tools and machine-tools accessories on the first floor.<ref>{{cite web|title=K R Market to get a facelift; Multilevel car parking in the offing|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/k-r-market-to-get-a-facelift-multilevel-car-parking-road-widening-hawkers-plaza|publisher=citizenmatters.com|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:KR Market Entrance.jpg|Entrance of the British-era front building<br />
File:KR Market Front Concrete.jpg|Front of modern (1990s) building<br />
File:KR Market Tomato.jpg|Tomato seller in the open-air section<br />
File:KR Market Entrance concrete.jpg|Entrance of the modern building<br />
File:KR Market Underground 1.jpg|Basement level: Fruit and vegetable stalls<br />
File:KR Market Underground 2.jpg|Basement level: flower sellers<br />
File:KR Market Ground.jpg|Ground Floor: Dry goods stalls<br />
File:KR Market Stairs.jpg|Staircase to the first floor<br />
File:KR Market Tools.jpg|First floor: Tools and machine-tools stalls<br />
File:KR Market Pit 1.jpg|Flower-garland makers working on the intermediate level of one of the central lighting pits (4 in all)<br />
File:KR Market Pit 2.jpg|Another lighting pit<br />
File:KR Market Kids.jpg|Kids playing on one of the concrete awnings above an entrance<br />
File:KR Market Machine Tool.jpg|Flower-garland makers working next to decaying machine tools kept for parts on the first floor<br />
File:KR Market Workers.jpg|Workers sleeping<br />
File:KR Market back.jpg|At the back of the modern building, another remnant of the British-era structure<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bengaluru Pete]]<br />
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