Krishnarajapuram

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Krishnarajapuram
Suburb
Krishnarajapura
A straight view of the hanging bridge built on the National Highway 75, right over the Krishnarajapuram Railway station
Krishnarajapuram Krishnarajapura
Coordinates: 12°59′42″N 77°40′48″E / 12.995°N 77.68°E / 12.995; 77.68
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bengaluru Urban
Metro	Bangalore
Founded by	Mummadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Population  (2001)
• Total	187,453
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560016,560036,560048,560049,560067
Vehicle registration	KA-53

Krishnarajapuram (Krishnarajapura) often abbreviated as K R Puram or K R Pura, is an eastern suburb of Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is 15 km (9.3 mi) 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 Pura, 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,^[1] 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.^[2]