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{{Short description|Neighborhood in Bengaluru, India}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Malleshwaram
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| pushpin_map = India Bengaluru
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0031|N|77.5643|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of Namma Metro stations|Metro]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sampige Road metro station]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Karnataka|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Bengaluru Urban district]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Mantri Central, Bangalore.jpg
| photo2a = Chowdiah Memorial Hall.jpg
| photo2b = Malleshwaram 1669CE Kannada Inscription.jpg
| photo3a = Mantrisquarefront.jpg
}}
| image_caption = Mantri central, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Mallapura 1669CE Ekoji Inscription, Mantri mall
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 560003, 560012, 560055
| registration_plate = KA-04
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| official_name =
| other_name =
| founder = [[H. V. Nanjundaiah]]
| area_total_km2 = 3.95
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 99625
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 25196
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
| area_metro_km2 = 28.6
| population_rank =
| population_metro = 487284
}}
'''Malleshwaram''' is a northwest neighbourhood and one of the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike#Zones|zones]] of [[Greater Bengaluru Authority|Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]] in [[Bengaluru]], India. It was planned in 1889 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://vak1969.com/2020/12/13/a-simple-narration-of-bangalores-history-over-the-last-2000-years/ | title=A simple narration of Bangalore's history over the last 2000 years | date=13 December 2020 }}</ref> after the [[History of Bangalore#Plague-Crisis of 1898|great plague of 1898]], developed as a suburb in 1892 and handed over to the city municipality in 1895.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-08-22|title=The plague that shook Bangalore|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/185500/plague-shook-bangalore.html|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-08|title=100 years apart, a tale of Bengaluru's two pandemics|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/100-years-apart-a-tale-of-bengaluru-s-two-pandemics-101615173182005.html|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> As per the 1878 Survey of India map, the area came under the village of Ranganatha Palya <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/made-for-all-communities/article4481321.ece | title=Made for all communities | newspaper=The Hindu | date=6 March 2013 | last1=Aruni | first1=S. K. }}</ref> and was later named after the [[Kadu Malleshwara Temple]].<ref name="DNA">{{cite web|url= https://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-malleswaram-retains-the-bangalore-of-yore-1673441 |title=Malleswaram retains the Bangalore of yore |work=DNA India |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref> The neighbourhood houses many offices, one them being [[World Trade Center Bangalore|World Trade Center Bengaluru]]. It has two shopping malls, [[Mantri Square]] and [[Orion Mall]] (at the two ends of the locality). As an education hub, it houses the education boards of the state KSEEB and PU boards, [[Mysore Education Society Kishora Kendra School|Mysore Education Society]], Institute of Wood Science and Technology and [[Indian Institute of Science]].

[[File:9th Malleshwaram Kadalekai Parishe, Bangalore (2025) 24.jpg|thumb|left|9th Malleshwaram [[Kadalekai Parishe]] (2025)]]
[[File:9th Malleshwaram Kadalekai Parishe, Bangalore (2025) 145.jpg|thumb|left|9th Malleshwaram Kadalekai Parishe (2025)]]

==History==
The earlier name of Malleshwaram was ''Mallapura'' as documented in the [[Malleshwaram (Bengaluru) Inscriptions and Herostones|Ekoji Inscription of Malleshwaram]] dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] chief [[Vyankoji Bhosale|Ekoji]], half brother of [[Shivaji]] who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undated [[Kannada]] inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 of [[Epigraphia Carnatica|''Epigraphia carnatica'']], it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established.

[[H. V. Nanjundaiah]], the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram.<ref
name="DNA" /> The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate [[C.V. Raman]], scientist [[Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan]], badminton world champion [[Prakash Padukone]] and his daughter [[Deepika Padukone]], noted Carnatic musician [[Doraiswamy Iyengar]] and film stars [[Saroja Devi]], [[Ananth Nag]] and [[Jaggesh]] have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as [[Central Tiffin Room Bangalore|CTR
Shri Sagar]] (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, [[New Krishna Bhavan]], Veena Stores,<ref name="bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com">Jul 31, B. M. B. / U., 2021, & Ist, 06:00. (n.d.). Malleswaram Mirror Special: Community Corner: Good old Malleswaram... Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/malleswaram-mirror-special-community-corner-good-old-malleswaram-/articleshow/84911233.cms</ref> Sri Raghavendra Stores, and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.<ref name="metrosaga.com">This Tiny Shop in Malleshwaram Serves Bengaluru’s Best Egg Rice And How Can You Afford To Miss It—MetroSaga. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://metrosaga.com/shop-in-malleshwaram-serves-bengalurus-best-egg-rice/</ref>

[[H. V. Nanjundaiah]], the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram.<ref name="DNA" /> The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate [[C.V. Raman]], scientist [[Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan]], badminton world champion [[Prakash Padukone]] and his daughter [[Deepika Padukone]], noted Carnatic musician [[Doraiswamy Iyengar]] and film stars [[Saroja Devi]], [[Ananth Nag]] and [[Jaggesh]] have all lived here.

Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as [[Central Tiffin Room Bangalore|CTR Shri Sagar]] (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores, [[New Krishna Bhavan]], Veena Stores,<ref name="bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com"/> and Snehajeeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.<ref name="metrosaga.com"/>

==Location==
It is located in the North-Western part of the city and is in close proximity to [[Yeshwanthpur]], Gokula, [[Rajajinagar]], [[Sadashivanagar]], [[Seshadripuram]] and the [[Kempegowda Bus Station]]. The closest metro stations to this place are the [[Sampige Road metro station|Sampige Road metro station, Sandal Soap Factory metro station]], and [[Srirampura metro station]].

== Tourist attractions ==
A few tourist attractions in and around Malleshwaram are [[Kadu Malleshwara Temple|Kadu Malleshwara]] Temple, [[Orion Mall]], [[Mantri Square|Mantri Square Mall]], [[Bangalore Palace]], [[ISKCON Temple, Bangalore|ISKCON Temple]] and [[Sankey tank]].

== Notable locations ==
* [[Kadu Malleshwara Temple]]
* [[Sri Gangamma Devi Temple]]
* [[Sri Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Kshetra]]
* Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple
* Sri Sai Mandali Malleshwaram
* Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/travel/2018/feb/15/bengalurus-malleswaram-where-live-gods-and-their-noble-soldiers-1773456.html |title=Bengaluru's Malleswaram: Where live gods and their noble soldiers|website=The New Indian Express|date=15 February 2018 |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>
* [[Sankey tank]]
* [[Mantri Square]]
* [[Malleshwaram inscriptions and hero stones]]
* [[Orion Mall]]
* [[Institute of Wood Science and Technology]]
* [[Indian Institute of Science]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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{{Geographic Location
|title = Areas of Bengaluru
|Northwest = Yeshwanthpur
|North = [[Yeshwanthpur]]
|Northeast = [[Sadashivanagar]]
|West = [[Mahalakshmi Layout]]
|Centre = Malleswaram
|East = [[Palace Guttahalli]]
|Southwest = [[Rajajinagar]]
|South = Rajajinagar
|Southeast = [[Seshadripura]]
}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in West Bengaluru]]

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