Vijayanagar, Bangalore

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Vijayanagar
Locality
Vijayanagar
Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°32′E / 12.96°N 77.54°E / 12.96; 77.54Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°32′E / 12.96°N 77.54°E / 12.96; 77.54
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Metro	Bangalore
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-02,KA-41

Vijayanagar is a locality in southwest Bangalore, India. It derives its name from the Vijayanagara empire that flourished in South India during the 15th and 16th centuries. It is bound by Mysore Road and Magadi Road, with Chord Road cutting through. It is the northernmost area in South Bangalore.

Vijay nagar TTMC is centre to mejestic as well as KSR railway station

Location[]

Vijayanagar is in close proximity to R.V. College of Engineering, P.E.S. Institute of Technology, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, the Bangalore University, the National Law School of India University, Indian Institute of Fashion Technology and Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology.

It houses a large Public Library, which is one of the largest in Karnataka. It also boasts of a unique Karnataka Haridasa Scientific Research Centre housed in the spacious Vijaya Ranga building.

Many buses ply to different parts of Bangalore. Bus route series 61 is a direct bus from Vijayanagar to Kempegowda Bus Station/Majestic which is at a distance of 6 km.

Sub-localities[]

Vijayanagar East was formerly known as RPC Layout (Railway Parallel Chord Road Layout), since this layout is along the railway track. It has been recently renamed as Hampinagara, Vijayanagara 2nd Stage. Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Saraswatinagara and Govindrajnagara are two of the fastest growing localities of Vijayanagara, which houses some of the prominent people of Bengaluru. Bapujinagara, BCC Layout, Remco Layout, Attiguppe are other sub-localities.

Hospitals[]

• Precision Fertility Clinic - Dr Akhila Anand^[1]

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External links[]

• IAS den: Vijayanagar becomes Bengaluru’s Rajendra Nagar

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