Hanumanthanagara | |
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suburb | |
  Hanumanthanagara | |
| Coordinates: 12°56′37″N 77°33′45″E / 12.943486°N 77.56239°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bengaluru Urban |
| Metro | Bengaluru |
| Zone | Bengaluru South |
| Ward | 155 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560050 |
| Telephone code | 91-80 |
| Vehicle registration | KA 05 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangalore South |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Basavanagudi |
Hanumanthanagara, is a locality in the Banashankari suburb of South Bangalore. It gets its name from the Ramanjaneya Temple[1] near the Kengal Hanumanthaiah Kalaa Soudha, which was built during the time of Kengal Hanumanthaiah, the then chief minister of Karnataka.
This area is one of the oldest areas of Bangalore with large Brahmin population. Byatarayanapura, Srinagar, Nagendra Block, Kalidasa Layout, Raghavendra Block, Brindavan Nagar, Srinivasa Nagar, Vidhyapeetha, Mysore Bank Colony, Hosakerehalli, Girinagar and Ashok Nagar are the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Hanumanthanagar is well-known for the Ramanjaneya Temple, Kumara Swamy Devasthana and K H Kalasoudha. The Head Office of the Hanumanthanagar Cooperative Bank (which has many branches in Bangalore) is also located here.
- ^ "Sri_Ramanjaneya_Temple_Hanumanth_nagar". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.