Things to do in Malleshwaram

Malleshwaram, laid out after the plague of 1898, is north-west Bengaluru's old residential quarter and a stronghold of Carnatic music, temples and tiffin rooms. Chowdiah Memorial Hall, the violin-shaped auditorium in Vyalikaval, hosts concerts, dance and big-ticket plays; neighbourhood sabhas carry classical recitals; and the Indian Institute of Science campus adds lectures and the J.N. Tata Auditorium. Sampige Road and the 8th Cross market are packed before festivals, the Kadu Malleshwara temple has its own groundnut fair in Karthika month, and Sankey Tank is the evening walk. Mantri Square Sampige Road on the Green Line is the main station.