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Kornotoka

WARD NO.78

(PULAKESHI NAGAR)

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PULAKESHI NAGAR IS SURROUNDED BY, BENSON TOWN COOKETOWN COX TOWN RICHARDS TOWN JC NAGAR SHIN/AJI NAGAR LINGARAJAPURAM KHB COLONY SAGAYAPURA

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Pulakeshinagar,- oldesł neighbourhoods in łhe city of Bangalore

_pulakeshi Nagar located in the North-East part of Bangalore.

_Fraser town is the suburb of the Bangalore cantonment.

_The focusing feature of Frazer town is that it is a commercial cum residential area. _Fraser Town was established to de-congest the growing of the cantonment.

_1998 it is named as pulakeshi nagar.

_Most of the old buildings here still depict the British style of

Architecture.

St.JohiYs church

St. JohrYs Church is located in St. John's Hill, Cleveland Town, Bangalore Cantonment, in between Promenadę Road and St. John's Church Road. The church is the fourth oldest Protestant church in the city, with a distinct red edifice and towering steeple, rising out of the leafy surroundings.

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in India.The first church of St. Francis Xavier was constructed in 1851.Due to the huge increase in the catholic population, this church eventually became inade-quate. Hence in 1911, the foundation słone was laid for a new church. This church was inaugurated on 26 May 1932, which would become a cathedral in 1940.

Masjid Haji Ismail Sait

Haji Sir Ismail Sait Mosque (named after Haji Sir Ismail Sait, a prominent Gujarati speaking Kutchi Memon merchant of Bangalore Cantonment who built the mosque), is located in the posh locality of Fraser Town. It was built at a time when there were only a few Muslims in the suburb.

Wesley English Church

The history of any English speaking Pastorate in Bangalore,cannot be separated from the days when the Christian Church existed only among the British soldiers and civilians resident in India with their dependants.formerly known as the St.JohiYs Hill Church, was one among the two main English speaking Churches founded by the former Wesleyan Mission on the 31 st July 1888

Masjid-e-Khadria

It is situated on Millers Road in the city inside an Eidgah ground. The mosque is very close to the Bangalore Cantonment Railway station. It is not a very old mosque having been built in the year 1981 by Mr. Mohammad Abdulla Basha in memory of his father late Abdul Khader, who was a leading industrialist of the city.

Coles Park

Constructed in 1914, Coles Park located in Fraser Town is spread over 12 acres. This is not only one of the biggest parks that Bangalore can boast, but its historical significance is also worth a mention. During the colonial rule, military bands played here. The Bangalore Rifle Volunteers played marching musie on special occasions.

Today, the Bandstand area has benches and a walking track.

INNER CITY REGENERATION - PULAKESHINAGAR,BENGALURU

HABITAT DESIGN STUDIO - II (2015-2016)

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE BMS College of Engineering (AUTONOMUS UNDER VTU)

AKHILA, ASHFAG), JAYANANDINI, POORNA, PRIYA, SHARAN, SHRUTHI, YAMUNA