The history of Malleswaram, located in the north-west of Bangalore, dates back to the Maratha times. Shivaji’s brother Venkoji (Ekoji) is said to have built the famous Kadu Malleswara temple (on Sampige Road). Geographically, Malleswaram extends from Yeshwantpur in the north, bordering the great campus of the Indian Institute of Science, to what used to be the Minerva mills (where ‘Mantri Sampige’ is coming up), and from the Milk Colony to Vyalikaval extension horizontally. The grid of roads are called ‘Main roads’ (North-South) and ‘Cross roads’ (East-West).
I have been a resident of Malleswaram for close to 30 years. As a kid, I loved playing on the streets and grounds of Malleswaram which was developed as a suburb during the great plague of 1898 that caused many people to move out from the city centre. Malleswaram and Basavangudi together represent Bangalore’s oldest residential localities.
My earliest memories of Malleswaram include walking to 8th Cross with my parents and sisters to have a Masale Dose at Janatha Hotel or a sugarcane juice near Malleswaram Circle. One of my cousins introduced me to Bhagyalakshmi Gulkand Stores when I was in Class 3. I have drooled over it ever since. Having studied for most part in Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram, I loved seeing people wait in the 18th Cross bus stand. Sitting in the class next to a window (whenever our class was towards the bus stand), I used to sketch the different postures of people waiting. Another fond memory is accompanying my eldest sister to Sri Raghavendraswamy Mutt near 8th cross and buying vegetables from the old market (just the smell of fresh vegetables makes me nostalgic even now.)
It was a pleasure to walk lazily with one of my uncles, stopping at irregular intervals to narrate a story or an anecdote related to some old house or a shop. He would be in his elements when he had a packet of ‘Hurigalu’ to accompany him on the walks. And he once demostrated to me the art of eating Hurigalu!
My father used to take me to Kadu Malleswara Devasthana every year for Upakarma. That was where I tasted the prasada (Sattakada Hittu) following the ritual. I wish I get it every day!
I rarely got new slippers. My father always got the old one resoled from a cobbler whom many old timers might remember for the peculiar style in which he announced his arrival on every street. It went in a very rhythmic tone: ‘Boootts reperiyyyyyyyya’! Haven’t seen him for a long time now. When on an odd accasion I did get a new slippers, it was always from the fellow who still sits at the corner of 8th Cross and Sampige Road.
After I lost my father, me and my mother used to go to CGHS on 8th Cross for her regular check-ups. It was a custom for us to visit Janatha Hotel and sometimes to Geethanjali Theatre after the delicious breakfast to watch a Rajkumar movie. ‘Annamayya’ was the last movie that I saw with her a few months before she passed away. Incidentally, it was at Geethanjali Theatre.
As a kid, I loved Ramanavami, which always meant Panaka-Kosambari-Neer Majjige and singing a few songs and bhajans on lord Sri Rama. My cousins and friends used to gather in my house by noon and start going from temple to temple in Malleswaram. We used to spend a lot of time near Rama Mandira where Panaka-Kosambari and Neer Majjige would be distributed throughout the day. The volunteers would shoo us away by evening as we would have had buckets of Panaka and Neer Majjige.
AN Arts is another fond memory that I associate with Malleswaram. As a kid, A. Narayan’s artistry really fascinated me (It still does). I used to see him work and was simply amazed seeing him paint pictures, logos and draw each letter so beautifully. I loved the way he mixed the colors, pouring certain quantity from one paint ‘Dabba’ to another, thus getting a certain shade. And since his shop was next to a ‘Bonda Angadi’ (Pradhan Sweets on 15th cross Malleswaram), sometimes he used to treat me with an occasional Coffee and Bajji-Bonda. I loved to see him paint nameplates and banners. Perhaps it was here that I also fell in love with the smell of paint!
Diskab library was a place I really wanted to live in in the mid-80s. The friendly library had comics and more comics. Thanks to my neighbour who shared his membership number, I read plenty of Amar Chitra Kathas, Tinkles, Tintins and Asterix comics.
Penning down some random names (in no particular order) associated with Malleswaram (Readers are welcome to add to the list):
Margosa Road
Sampige Road
Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram
18th Cross Bus Stand
Hurigalu Angadi
Central Tiffin Room (CTR)
Hymamshu Jyothi Kala Peetha
Malleswaram Circle
Veena Stores
VR Book Sellers
Rayara Matha
AN Arts
8th Cross
Janatha Hotel
Jatka Stand
Bouquet shop next to the Jatka Stand
Malleswaram Grounds
Mahaganapati Devasthana
Rama Mandira
Shankara Mutt
Ananya
Asha Sweets
15th cross Pettige Angadi
Talagere Stores
Sadvaidyashala
Sahyadri Hotel
Basketball in Beagles
Pradhan Bakery
Kadu Malleswara Devasthana
Sai Baba Temple
Malleswaram Market
Bhagyalakshmi Gulkand Stores
Krishna Xerox
Railway Station
MES College
Lakshmi Maternity Home
Malleswaram Ladies Association
Ammanni College
Circle Maramma
Eat out
Canara Union
Numerous Apartments (Jayanthi, Maitri, Shashi Kiran, Chitrakoot, Chitrapur, KT, RV, MSIL to name a few)
Lakshmi Nrsmha Temple
Nanditirtha
Popular Medicals
Wearhouse
Chowpatty
Chinese Gaadi
City Central Library
Sampige Theatre
Savitha Mini
New Krishna Bhavan (NKB)
JB Bakery
Several Second Hand Book Shops
16th Cross Typing Institute
Jayam’s Shopping Centre
Anantha Bookshop
Malleswaram Co-op Bank
Malleswaram Club
Gandhi Sahitya Sangha
Nobel Tailors
LoveLuck & Co.
Sudha Embroidery
Veenu’s
Mitra Bazar
Vikas Studio
Grandhige Angadi
Sudarshan Traders
Sri Rama Coffee Works
Santhosh Baby Care Centre
Kreedangana
Satyanarayana Musicals
KC General Hospital
Geethanjali Theatre
Ubhaya Vedhantha Sabha
Venugopalaswamy Devasthana
Pipada Stores
Malleswaram Book Depot
Srinivasa Kalyana Mantapa
Kashi Mutt
Seva Sadana
Vedanta Book House
Sugarcane Shop
Khan Cycle Shop
Prabhath Opticals
Meena Medicals
Chamundi Scouts
Benne Lakkappanangadi
Amruth Ice Cream
Vema Lodge
My home
and plenty and plenty more unforgettable memories…
August 4, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Am waiting for you to take me to all these places… and no… I am NOT kidding:)
August 4, 2007 at 1:15 pm
great notalgia
I can add
gomatha juice centre and chats
muthukumar tailors 18th cross (Deaf & Dumb)
(Presidents award winner)
Rottti Angadi where we get Dharwad Pedha 11th cross ?
swimming pool extension
Shanti Sagar
Adigas sampige
…….
August 4, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Obviously, LOVED this post… coz I have very similar memories!! (Lived in Malleshwaram for 20 years)
LOL at riperiyaaaa!
August 4, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I just wanted to add few the places which are left out.
1. Malleswaram sanky tank
2. Peetelu Chowdiah memorial hall (Building which is in the shape of Violin)
August 4, 2007 at 1:57 pm
great walk down the memory lane for all of us malleshwarites!!
I get goosebumps each time I enter the area on reaching bangalore…
I shall send this to my mother. She too will love this.
Atma Stores was the place to buy KV books, then.
August 4, 2007 at 3:04 pm
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August 5, 2007 at 1:16 am
Nice nostalgic post!
August 5, 2007 at 11:15 am
Having been in Malleswaram from 1952 to 1981, I returned in 2004 to find Malleswaram a concrete jungle with not an inch to spare – I am talking about the area below Sampige Road. You have mentioned Sree Rama Coffee Works. It was a pleasure to talk to Mr. Upadhyaya surrounded by the aroma of fresh coffee being roasted and ground – after a hectic round at the Malleswaram Market (old). Then across to Phillips’ Green Shop to meet the Regos …..
August 5, 2007 at 11:46 am
Bellur
nice memories right from your childhood three decades of nostalagia from Malleshwaram. enjoyed it thoroughly.
August 5, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Very nice & close to heart post. Never been to that side of country though.
August 6, 2007 at 6:32 am
I heard Malgudi was malleshwaram and basavanagudi … is it true ?
August 6, 2007 at 8:07 am
anand,
pleasure would be mine. but some in the list do not exist anymore.
praneshachar,
and glad you enjoyed the post.
thanks for adding to the list.
shruthi,
thank you. i feel the road where you stayed, was and is comparitively quieter than most other roads in malleswaram.
‘love’ to Avantgarde!
srinivas,
thanks for the additions sir.
neela,
for me, it was always dhanalakshmi book stall in yeshwanthpur where i got my kv books. thanks for sharing this with your mom. would be great if she could share a story or two about malleswara.
vasuki,
thanks!
amchigello,
off late, malleswaram is getting more and more commercialised, what with malls and complexes being set-up on small cross roads and conservancies.
i love the aroma of coffee emanating from any coffee shop!
thanks for the memories.
cuckoo,
i invite you to come to this part of the world. you might like it!
bach,
yes, that story is doing rounds from RKN’s times. but i have read a piece where Narayan has denied this story.
August 6, 2007 at 9:35 am
It is such a wonderful feel to walk down the memory lane!!
Congrats for hitting 3 centuries!! Honoured to have been blogrolled by u!!
August 6, 2007 at 10:14 am
Lovely post….anything about MVM is enough to set me happy!!! Nice way to bring about the MVM glory
August 6, 2007 at 11:08 am
Hi RK,
Superb narration.
I remember Malleswaram Railway Station and its railway track along which, we (the cousins) used to walk.
In the Sankey Tank (it was ‘open’ those days, with out the boundaries as it has now), we used to immerse Ganesha Idol during the festival. (I do not know whether you consider Sankey tank a part of Malleshwaram).
Thirdly, I remember a couple of parks “poori park’ and ‘chapathi park’, as we used to call them, where we spent a good amount of time playing in, whenever we visited our grandma’s house.
Malleshwaram had some of the biggest dwellings in those days. They had huge compounds. About 3 or 4 of these buildings would cover a road. Alas, they have all but gone now.
Incidentally, Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram may not be the oldest localities in Bangalore. The oldest localities were(are) in Chikpete, Akkipete, Balepet, Cottonpete, Nagarthapete etc., all of which are near City Central Station, Avenue Road and City Market.
Basavanagudi as a locality was developed much later, somewhere in the beginning of 20th century. I have very fond memories of Basavanagudi, as that was the place I grew up in my childhood. It is a fab place even now. Sadly, Malleshwaram has changed a lot especially on account of ‘flats’ coming up all over, much more than in the case of Basavanagudi.
Have a nice day.
August 6, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Very nice post RK! I have fond memories of Malleswaram also, though we didnt really live there. I often go to Malleswaram even now. Husband and I take the kids for a weekend breakfast to Janata. In fact, we had our breakfast there yesterday!
Congrats on completing 300.
I have tagged you – http://r2blore.blogspot.com/2007/08/tagged.html
August 6, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Hi RK,
Good one.. once more !! How I long to be in MWM. Being a woman, how can i forget the Sesha’s matching Centre on 8th cross. A small shop but you can get all colors on earth.. atleast that’s what I think:-) ! I was saddened to see the Geethanjali theatre getting smashed down for yet another shopping complex. I cherish lots of childhood memories. I remember how we used to queue up in the morning for booking in advance for a movie. I have seen “Malaya Marutha” 3 times.. he he he.
August 6, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Wow!! great memories there Bellur. I think I still need to visit so many places over there(other than the hotels).
I thought Navrang was one of the oldest theatre there but no mention about that. Isn’t that part of MVM ?
I wish if somebody can write such a post on Kuvempunagar-Saraswathipuram, Mysore.
August 7, 2007 at 8:56 am
chitra,
thanks, and pleasure is mine.
praveen,
i know how passionate you are about Malleswaram! was idling in the railway station for a few hours last saturday, and remembered you.
tssm,
eager to read your basavanagudi memories. loved reading your wonderful comment. thanks.
please tell us where are these poori and chapathi parks situated. i feel sankey is more a part of vyalikaval than malleswaram.
chitra,
thanks. suggest you visit CTR, on 7th cross. am sure you will love the benne masale dose there.
thanks for the tag. will take it up soon.
gowri,
yes, sad to see geethanjali going down. my first film there was probably kavirathna kalidasa. and the last was annamayya.
veena,
navarang is apart of rajajinagar. glad you liked the attempt.
August 7, 2007 at 11:04 am
RK, we did go to CTR. Unfortunately, I don’t think we liked it as much. Others seem to really like it tho’. One of my friends only ate here when she was preg, and I tease that her son is a CTR product!
August 7, 2007 at 3:51 pm
i came to malleshwaram after marriage from jayanagar where my parents lived. and i remember losing my way on these cross roads and getting totally disoriented! i confess even now these cross roads confuse me! i need to reorient myself with the help of 8th cross and 18th cross that are most popular and firm anchors for me!
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August 12, 2007 at 10:33 pm
A great post – for a lovely walk down memory lane
My mom always says that if u’ve lived in MVM even once, u will forever be attatched to all it’s varied yet unique flavours 
I add that it’s also something that is hereditary… My parents have both lived in MVM and me n sis have the same love for it as them, though we’ve lived in neighbouring Rajajinagar all our lives 
August 14, 2007 at 1:25 am
This is the best blog of malleswaram.
I have tears in my eyes as it kindled so many lovely memories – I lived in Malleswaram for 23 years!!
i love this place!!!
August 14, 2007 at 2:36 am
bet you have not come across ‘mount ganesh coffee works’!!
http://maddy06.blogspot.com/2006/06/island-express.html
September 24, 2007 at 6:40 pm
I can’t agree more with Divya’s mother’s thoughts. I have lived in Malleswaram for around 3-4 years (short period compared to most of you, not that lucky i guess ).
The feel of Malleswaram is something i can’nt get any where else in the world, its magical. Initially i thought it must be my foolishness or memories of past life which is pulling me back to the place again and again. But after reading all your comments, it sure that the place is magical.
May be we should add the Post Office, Nirmala Rani and Sanky Tank to the list mentioned.
I accept that the place is turning into a concrete jungle but the magic is still there, i make it a point to visit everytime i visit India and love it. I just hope, i can go back and stay in Mallesawaram again in future.
November 15, 2007 at 11:05 pm
22 years in Malleswaram!! Was the greatest growing up exp !! lived in Mill Qtrs 8th main/13 cross later Dattaprasad. Janata Dosais were to die for!! But I loved Mutton Biryani and chicken Masala too and that was available only in Breeze(circle) and later on picnic(poor qlty meats but super cooking especially ‘chilli pork’ ) 18th cross 8th main ,ummm!! Plenty of cricket and movies(majestic was a short cycle ride!) hindi old movies. Learnt to Booze on 8th cross south of sampige road, cant remember those joints. Rum, masala vada and dry mutton….Fishing for First few sex books from Discab!! Nobody can take those memories away. Never.
But we cant go back after 20+yrs in US. Malleswaram is now a big yard of concrete structures disjoint and asymmetrical. SOme old faces are still around(behind MES college) and we sit down drink and reminisence. What else is there?
November 18, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hey…Gr8 post. Tooooo Gooddd
Sri Vidya Mandir and ishore Kendra, BPL Indian High School, Hymanshu… some extra landmarks and memorable places…
November 24, 2007 at 10:20 pm
add to list :
M K Ahmed stores,
Cothas coffee, 11th cross
jatka stand, malleswaram circle
capital radio, near malleswaram circle
Dr Krishnarao, Usha clinic
Mount Ganesh Temple (next to market)
Kanika parameshwari temple
Janatha hotel, 8th cross
January 7, 2008 at 10:44 am
more additions to the list
Madhubans Bar&Restaurant(Akki Happla with Beer)
Shakthi on Sampige Road(Northie food for bachelors)
Hotel Moonlight( Kaka delights like Ceylon Paratha)
Royal Haircutting Salon
Iyer’s Mess(8th cross)
Canara Union
January 31, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Amazing! I am very happy to have discovered the existence of this site. It feels like as though some-one has put all my feeling about Malleshwaram in one article
April 2, 2008 at 7:34 am
Awesome post ! You have made me so nostalgic right now …I have lived in Malleshwaram for the first 18 years of my life and two other cities in India after that and now in the US….but NO experience has ever been the same as the Malleshwaram of the 80s and early 90s that I remember. I could recollect about 90% of the list that you’ve put in. The rest are obscured in memory but none seemed unheard of. Dattaprasad, I believe is the oldest apartment complex in Malleshwaram. The huge temple next to the railway station did not exist as per my earliest memories. It started of as a stone with colour splashed on it placed under a tree there and has grown to what it is today. The tranquility of the Ganesha temple on 13th cross and between 8th and 6th main is etched in memory. Can we also make a list of some of the people that we would have seen in Malleshwaram. Like the cobbler with his typical call, the pujari of the Ganesha temple, Lakappa of the Angadi. prakash Padukone, the marwadi shopkeeper of the bookstore on 8th main 13th cross.
Was a fun read……thanks !
April 3, 2008 at 12:54 pm
chitra,
did you order for benne pizza or dose?
latha,
as a kid, i always remembered landmarks in jayanagar keeping the 4th block complex as the centre. and for a long time, in malleswaram, i used to refer to anything very far as ‘beyond janatha hotel’ and anything close as ‘near veena stores’.
diya,
nice to know that!
vijayalakshmi,
thank you.
maddy,
thanks for sharing the link. loved the story.
guru,
glad you liked the post. hope malleswaram doesn’t become “MALL”-eswaram
hemanth,
that was a lovely and crisp trivia you have given us! couldn’t relate to the NV hotels. of course discab, janatha…unforgettable memories, alwa!
aditya,
thanks for the additions maga.
bala and sanjay guha,
thanks you for still more +++s
boshu,
thanks for dropping by.
ns,
you have a terrific memory boss! great to know that you remember the cobbler who said ‘Boootts reperiyyyyyyyya’ in a peculiar style – (have written about him in the 6th para above). also the old man at the now closed ‘Malleswaram book center’. and do you remember Shetty at Srinivasa traders on 8th main – 18th cross? Now his son is taking care of it.
Veena Stores ‘Pradeep’ jnaapka idya? He has remained the same for the last 2 decades! Prakash padukone’s mom (Deepika Padukone’s Ajji) takes a walk everyday twice in front of my house. Mallige Apartments, another old apartment complex badly needs a coat of paint.
MES Kishore Kendra and BP Indian have changed their uniform design. Sadvaidyashala has the same thatha taking care of it. remember the ajji with matted hair who used to sell old magazines and books near 11th cross sampige road footpath? she is no more, her daughter is carrying over the business now.
there was one young boney fellow (terrific fan of ‘rebel star’ ambareesh) who used to deliver gas cylinders to our homes. saw him doing the same thing – now he resembles a cylinder!
mvm railway station is still an ADDA for many, young and old guns!
more updates some other time.
regards
rk
April 3, 2008 at 2:16 pm
malleswaram is just a great place to be….me here from 18 years……one of must seee places are sankey……
thanks to all ya
June 20, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I do stay in malleswaram, how could u do tht long list of places. i tried but i could write only few places in tht list, nice post sir
August 4, 2008 at 7:30 pm
can any one tell me the list and directions to a few second hand book stores in malleswaram???? i have been trying to find them ……
please
macparkinson@gmail.com
August 9, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Good memories of Malleswaram or Malleshwara. But this is the Grand Old Woman of Malleswaram writing. I have been here all my life – which makes me roughly as old as Malleswaram itself or may be slightly younger than “Kadu Malleswara.”
And how beautiful my Malleswarm was in those days and how ugly and terrible its become now. But I still live here and will die here. When I was a kid (yes – there was a time when I too was a kid !!) I used to tell everyone that Malleswram is the Capital of Bangalore.
How many of you know, or have seen, or heard of these:
1.Malleswaram Circle (there was a huge circle which beautiful table roses plants inside and the traffic police used to stand in the middle of that circle directing the traffic. They used to wear “shorts” in those days and not trousers.)
2.Malleswaram Post office which was above M.K.Ahmed & Sons on 6th cross, Sampige Road (now both are not there )
3.Dwaraka Pen Centre,
4.Ananta & Sons,
5.4th Cross Petrol Bunk (which’s now become UP Royal Arcade),
6.Murugan Temple near Geetanjali,
7.Breeze Hotel (now no more – something else in its place,) 8.Malleswram Shishu Vihar (was in the place where Canara Bank now exists & where I studied),
9.Brindavan Hotel (I saw the owner sometime back and he looked just the same !!),
10.Evergreen Drycleaners,
11.Santhuram Shirt Co.,
12.Devidayal Steel House (now no more – something else there),
13.Malleswaram Oil Stores, (now no more – something else there),
14.Ratan Mahal,
15.Dr.Parthasarathy’s clinic on 6th cross and his house on 1st cross,
16.Dr.Vijayaraghavan’s clinic on 2nd cross,
17.The Planters’ Coffee Home which has now become the famous HALLI MANE,
18.The famous “Halla” (Pit) of KC General Hospital – (where we kids were prohobited from even taking a peak even in the mornings – since there was a “Bhoota” living there in those days !)
19.Sudarshan Chit Funds building,
20. Bangalore Photo Studio,
21.The Kulla Park,
22.The Bhashyam Park, (still there – thank goodness)
23.The Aane Park ( of 8th cross)
Oh…Oh….the wonderful memories of that Malleswaram… I can go on and on and on and on…..
I have only mentioned a few locations and that too starting from only 6th cross to only 1st cross. There are still many many many locations on the other sides of Malleswaram which are sadly no more or have been neglected or simply have become something else ! AND, “That”, like Mr.Kipling said, “is another story”.
October 5, 2008 at 8:24 am
Hi,
I have been living in Malleswaram for the last 2+ years. Without a doubt, I won’t consider living anywhere else in Bangalore.
Having lived in Mumbai for 15+ years and seen what is called “modern (or should I call it “Mall” living”, when we shifted into Bangalore from Mumbai, we wanted to move into a “traditional” locale and where everything was available and ready to start living. Malleswaram it was for us!!
It is nice to see many posts from “Seniors” who lived in Malleswaram for many years reliving their experience. Truly it is a wonderful place to be.
A few nice things that I love being here!!
- I still see the god’s idol being taken out in procession during special festival occasions. This is lovely and reminds me of my childhood experiences in Madurai where we were staying to the Meenakshi and Chokkanatha temples and the god’s were taken on procession via the main roads with petromax lights to illuminate them. Nice to relive this feeling in Malleswaram yet again!!
- Excellent social infrastructure and support system to practice our relegion, culture and physical fitness!! (Many Carnatic music classes, Arts/Painting, Chinmaya Vidyalaya/Shloka classes, Prakash courts, 18th Cross Grounds) where my son goes for Cricket coaching … and lots more around). Place for balanced living (physical, intellectual and spiritual)
- Tree lined roads/avenues. Keep them that way and plant more trees!! I am sure the trees we have now is perhaps much less than 10 or 15 years ago (Seniors would vouch for that I suppose!!), but even this is lots for me having lived in a concrete jungle like Mumbai!!
I think it may be a nice idea to start a website dedicated to Malleswaram where we can capture past/present as well as express our expectations of the future of this place and bring the local community online as best.
Warm regards,
Sethu
Dt: 5th Oct 2008
Malleswaram, Bangalore
July 7, 2009 at 10:49 am
Great Blog Dear Sir Ji!!
Superb Memories. I was also a Regular Visitor of Diskab Library, My Uncle was a member. Now it has been Shut Permanently, But all of Diskab Libraries Books are available at a Second Hand Book Shop – Diagonally Opposite to Sree Rama Coffee Works – Behind Shree Krishna Temple & Below The Former Ubhaya Vedanta Sabha.
I Enjoyed this blog thoroughly.
I also do miss Popular Stores – Near Diskab.
Hope you have been to the Idli Vada Shop near Malleshwaram Railway Station. It is Fantastic!!
The Old Malleshwaram had lots of Trees & Greenery. Now only a handful of them remain.
Now, the New Malleshwaram has a New Post Office & a Renovated Kaadu Malleshwara Temple.
July 24, 2009 at 10:10 pm
the thing that i most miss about malleswaram is the calmness & the peace…it was like wen i played with my friends we were the only sources of noise…not any more though
August 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Good reveiw about malleshwaram. I lived here with my parents during 1965-1970. It was really awsome. As we were small childern we dint notice the importance of the place, I moved to mvm after 30 yrs buying a expensive property near 16th cross. I regret for the same.
mvm has lost its charm for ever, bad foot paths too much of noisw, apartments, too many people to eat one dosa at CTR , mad beggers , and confused younger crowd who doesnot fit past or present and have just returned from USA … Dirty bars and restns , lousy mvm club, Horrible parking outside the houses, too much pollution., very small lanes, regular accidents at 16 th crosss, 11th main junction by young girls on scooty……
MY god itis hell..not worth living…
u may have security for old people who stay hers more than donkey,s years…
Hundreds of widows on road .. with old traditions which their children hate….
Any how kadu malleshwara only should save this place and culture…
Any how you may feel bad but this is the fact…can the local MLA,s do something to rejuivinate this horrible place…!!!!
August 14, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Good comments which are really true.
August 14, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Good reveiw about malleshwaram. I lived here with my parents during 1965-1970. It was really awsome. As we were small childern we dint notice the importance of the place, I moved to mvm after 30 yrs buying a expensive property near 16th cross. I regret for the same.
mvm has lost its charm for ever, bad foot paths too much of noise, apartments, too many people to eat one dosa at CTR , mad beggers , and confused younger crowd who doesnot fit past or present and have just returned from USA … Dirty bars and restns , lousy mvm club, Horrible parking outside the houses, too much pollution., very small lanes, regular accidents at 16 th crosss, 11th main junction by young girls on scooty……
MY god itis hell..not worth living…
u may have security for old people who stay hers more than donkey,s years…
Hundreds of widows on road .. with old traditions which their children hate….
Any how kadu malleshwara only should save this place and culture…
Any how you may feel bad but this is the fact…can the local MLA,s do something to rejuivinate this horrible place…!!!!
October 2, 2009 at 2:15 am
during the independence movement to give vent to the youth energy gandhi sahitya snagh was started to infuse patriotism and defuse violence. krishna sharma, rajaratnam were guiding the youth.to day a library, prakruti jeevana kendra, a school are there. we went house to house to collect money to build a memorial. during that period i have roamed all the strets mentioned. it is good to remember all that. it has retained its flavour.
October 6, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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