Ulsoor

Ulsoor, or Halasuru, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Bangalore. It is located in central Bangalore, and begins roughly near the eastern terminus of MG Road. It is renowned for its numerous temples and rather narrow streets.

Halasuru Halasooru Ulsoor
neighbourhood
Halasuru
Coordinates: 12.97°N 77.63°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bangalore
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-03

Native Girls' School and Preaching-Room, Alasoor, Bangalore (p.184, 1865)[1]

A Street Scene in India, Outside the Wesleyan Girls School, Bangalore (January 1869, p.7)[2]

Juggernaut cart in the Ulsoor temple complex in Bangalore, India, around 1870

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Ulsoor

History and name

The village of Bangalore is said to have been gifted to Kempe Gowda I (1513–1569) by the Vijayanagar emperors. The Ulsoor Lake was built by his successor, Kempe Gowda II, and is the only surviving tank built by the Gowda kings in Bangalore.[3] The first British military station was set up in Halasuru in 1807.[4]

There used to be a jackfruit orchard near the Ulsoor Lake, and the Kannada name for jackfruit being 'Halasina Hannu', the area came to be known as Halasuru. During the British rule, the name was anglicised to 'Ulsoor'.

Demographics

The population of Ulsoor consists mainly of Tamil, Kannada speaking population and also few other lingual.

Population: 35891 Male: 20526 Female: 15365 Area (sq. kms): 1.68

Location in Context

Bangalore Metro Rail

There are two Bangalore Metro Rail stations[5] located in Ulsoor:

• Ulsoor (Located on Old Madras Road, at the end closer to CMH Road)
• Trinity (Located at Trinity Circle)

See also

• Halasuru Someshwara Temple
• Indiranagar
• Sri Subrahmanya Temple, Halasuru

References

1. "Native Girls School and Preaching-Room, Alasoor, Bangalore - Bangalore Cantonment, 8 July 1865". Wesleyan Juvenile Offering. London: Wesleyan Mission House. XXII: 43–46. December 1865. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
2. "A Street Scene in India, Outside the Wesleyan Girls School, Bangalore". The Wesleyan Juvenile Offering: A Miscellany of Missionary Information for Young Persons. Wesleyan Missionary Society. New III: 7. January 1869. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
3. "Halasuru Lake".
4. "The birth of a cosmopolitan city" The Hindu. 22 Mar. 2005
5. "Bangalore Metro: Route Map". Retrieved 24 July 2012.