Banashankari

12°56′14″N 77°33′15″E / 12.9373°N 77.5543°E / 12.9373; 77.5543CountryIndiaStateKarnatakaDistrictBengaluru UrbanMetroBengaluruZoneBengaluru South and Bengaluru WestWard155, 156, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 180, 181, 197Named forBanashankari Amma TempleLanguages • OfficialKannadaTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PINTelephone code91-80Vehicle registrationKA 05, KA 41, KA 58Lok Sabha constituencyBangalore SouthVidhan Sabha constituencySpread over Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagara, Bangalore South, and Vijayanagara

Banashankari, commonly abbreviated as BSK, is a locality spread across South and West Bangalore. Its name is derived from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's renowned temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.^[1]

Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, stretching from Mysore Road to Kanakapura Road. It is bordered by Byatarayanapura, Nayandahalli, Girinagar, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the west; Basavangudi and Hanumanthanagar in the north; Jayanagar and J.P. Nagar in the east, and Uttarahalli and Kengeri in the south, encompassing parts of these neighborhoods.

Transport

The area boasts excellent connectivity through the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Additionally, it features a Volvo bus facility. There's a reconstructed bus stand and a Traffic Transit Management Centre. Moreover, the Green Line of Namma Metro traverses this locality.

References

HistoryGeography

Lakes	Agara Lake Arekere Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal lake Hesaraghatta Lake Madivala tank Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Sankey tank Sarakki lake Varthur Lake Vibhutipura Lake Yelahanka Lake

Civil
administration

Municipal elections	1989 1996 2001 2010 2015 2022
Municipal Corporation	Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Mayor List of wards in Bangalore Wards Yelahanka Ward Chowdeshwari Ward Attur Ward Defunct List of wards in Bangalore (1989–1995) List of wards in Bangalore (1995–2006) List of wards in Bangalore (2010–2020)

BuildingsTransportRoadsPlaces of
worshipCulture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

GroupsParks

Localities
North Bengaluru	Abbigere Babusapalya Bagalur Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cooke Town Cox Town Devara Jeevanahalli Dollars Colony Frazer Town Ganganagar Hebbal Horamavu Hunasamaranahalli Jalahalli Jakkur Kalkere Kalyan Nagar Kammanahalli Kodigehalli Kothnur Lingarajapuram Malleswaram Mariyannapalya Mathikere Mathkur Muthyalanagar Palace Guttahalli R. T. Nagar Ramachandrapura Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Thanisandra Thindlu Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur
West Bengaluru	Basaveshwaranagar Bharathnagar Dasarahalli Herohalli Kamakshipalya Kengeri Kumbalgodu Mahalakshmi Layout Milk Colony Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Peenya Rajajinagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ullalu Vijayanagar
Central Bengaluru	Austin Town Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore Central Business District Bengaluru Pete Chamarajapet Chickpet Gandhinagar Richmond Town Seshadripuram Shivajinagar Vasanth Nagar Vivek Nagar Wilson Garden
East Bengaluru	Baiyyappanahalli Belathur Bellandur B. M. Kaval Brookefield CV Raman Nagar Domlur Garudacharpalya G. M. Palya Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevan Bhima Nagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapuram Kundalahalli Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur
South Bengaluru	Adugodi Agara Ananthnagar Anjanapura Arekere Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Carmelaram Chandapura Chikkalasandra Dommasandra Ejipura Electronic City Girinagar Gottigere Hanumanthanagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Ittamadu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Kaggalipura Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala Kumaraswamy Layout Madiwala Padmanabhanagar Puttenahalli Shikaripalya Singasandra Suddaguntepalya Ramanjaneyanagar Taverekere Thyagarajanagar Uttarahalli

Institutions
Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bangalore International School Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School
Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
Hospitals	Apollo Hospitals Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals Fortis Hospitals HOSMAT Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Minto eye hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya NCBS NIMHANS Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium St. John's Hospital Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital Victoria Hospital
Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited