Banashankari

Banashankari, abbreviated as BSK, is a locality spread over South and West Bangalore. It gets its name from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's well-known temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.

Banashankari
neighborhood
Banashankari
Coordinates: 12.9373°N 77.5543°E / 12.9373; 77.5543
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka
DistrictBengaluru Urban
MetroBengaluru
ZoneBengaluru South and Bengaluru West
Ward155, 156, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 180, 181, 197
Languages
  OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
560026,560050,560060,560061,560062,560070,560078,560085,560109
Telephone code91-80
Vehicle registrationKA 05, KA 41, KA 58
Lok Sabha constituencyBangalore South
Vidhan Sabha constituencySpread over Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagara, Bangalore South, and Vijayanagara

Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, extending all the way from Mysore Road to Kanakapura Road. It is bound 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, subsuming parts of these neighborhoods.

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