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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Krishnarajapuram
| other_name = Krishnarajapura
| settlement_type = Suburb
| image_skyline = Cable-Bridge over Krishnarajapuram Railway station.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = A straight view of the hanging bridge built on the National Highway 75, right over the Krishnarajapuram Railway station
| nickname =
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| map_caption = Krishnarajapuram
| pushpin_map = India Bangalore
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Krishnarajapuram
| coordinates = {{coord|12.995|N|77.68|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bangalore Urban district|Bengaluru Urban]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Bangalore
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| established_date =
| founder = Mummadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar
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| government_type = Municipal Corporation
| governing_body = [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 187453
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 560016, 560036, 560048, 560049, 560067
| registration_plate = KA-53
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'''Krishnarajapuram''' (also spelled as '''Krishnarajapura''' or '''Krishnaraja Pura''' and often abbreviated as '''KR Puram''' or '''KR Pura''') is an eastern suburb of [[Bangalore]], the capital of the [[Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]]. It is one of the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike#Zones|zones]] of [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|BBMP]]. It is {{cvt|15|km}} from [[Bangalore City railway station]]. The Old Madras Road passes through this locality. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in the heart of this area. The [[Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake]] near Medahalli, situated just outside the eastern limits of KR Puram, is one of the largest lakes in Bangalore.

Krishnarajapuram is also the headquarters of the Bangalore East taluk and houses certain central and state government offices. It is also a Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituency. B A Basvaraja of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was elected as the Member of Legislative assembly from this constituency in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly election,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/5263-assembly-elections-result-bangalore |title=Congress wins Karnataka, but no hard grip on Bengaluru - Citizen Matters, Bangalore News |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624204434/http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/5263-assembly-elections-result-bangalore |url-status=dead }}</ref> and re-elected in 2018. The area is also a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

The area was named after [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]], who ruled the provincial state of Mysore from 1799 to 1869.<ref name="name_origin">{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/date-with-history-kr-purams-history-is-as-entangled-as-its-present-geography/articleshow/46619038.cms|access-date=7 October 2018|title=Date with History: KR Puram's history is as entangled as its present geography|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==Connectivity==
Krishnarajapuram is located at the junction of Old Madras Road and [[Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru|Outer Ring Road]]. The Krishnarajapuram Railway station falls on the [[Bengaluru City Railway Station|Bengaluru]] - [[Chennai Central|Chennai]] broad gauge line. The cable bridge on the junction of Old Madras Road and [[Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru|Outer Ring Road]] was built by [[Afcons]] for [[IRCON]] and inaugurated the by then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] in 2003 and was subsequently declared as the Most Outstanding National Bridge by the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers.<ref name="afconsbridge">{{cite web|url=http://www.afcons.com/Bridges/Brides_complited/BridgeAtKrishnarajapuram.html|title=Cable Stayed Bridge at Krishnarajapuram|publisher=[[Afcons]]|access-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113915/http://www.afcons.com/Bridges/Brides_complited/BridgeAtKrishnarajapuram.html|archive-date=13 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bestbridge">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/K-R-Puram-bridge-is-Indias-best/articleshow/4278778.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103181842/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-17/bangalore/28007580_1_cable-stayed-bridge-bridge-engineers-outstanding-national-bridge-award|url-status=live|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=K R Puram bridge is India's best|date=17 March 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=31 March 2012|location=Hubli}}</ref>

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File:K.r.puram hanging bridge 2.jpg|Cable stayed bridge on Old Madras Road (NH-4), above [[Krishnarajapuram railway station]]
File:K.r.puram outer ring road.jpg|KR Puram Outer Ring Road flyover
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