Thursday, December 01, 2011

Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall

Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall is one among the notable buildings nested within the Cubbon Park, Bangalore, is a centre of attraction since it situated in the middle of the park. I have been there last summer while visiting my friend’s home in Bangalore, Cubbon Park is the initial place we checked after arriving there a day later.
Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall
The partially oval shaped building houses the Karnataka’s State Central Library is remarkable in red and this knowledge hub holds up to 2.65 lakh books collection including a braille section. We didn’t try getting inside the building as no one interested unlike me and intend to check other places we moved after spending sometime there.
State Central Library
The Memorial Hall is a classic European style building supported by Tuscan columns is built in 1915, in honor of Sri K.Seshadri Iyer who was Dewan of Mysore State from 1883 to 1901. The Library is entered through two porticoes at each end of the front, has a lovely rose garden at its frontage decorates and enhances the building.
Statue of Sheshadri Iyer
The rose garden has lot of roses bloomed in variety of colors and amid the garden stands the statue of Sheshardri Iyer. The building at the rear looks pretty nice and resembles the face of Vivekananda House in Chennai. Among the greenery and woods, the building is highlighted in red from anywhere
Cubbon Park, Bangalore

12 comments:

Rakesh Vanamali said...

Looks very regal, Jeevan. Great post, as always.

venuss66 said...

Thank you for sharing the info.The buildings look grand. The flowers are pretty.

Anonymous said...

Nice photos jeevan...I pass by this building very often :)

ashok

Shreya said...

Lovely pictures :)

Urmi said...

Very beautiful pictures of the Memorial Hall. Nice description.

Rachna said...

Nice pictures and explanation.

Anonymous said...

nice info...

beautiful photos...

nice park with variety of flowers...

Kavi said...

Didnt know that it was called this...until now !

Kalyan said...

Beautiful snaps...the architectural splendour is magnificent...looks a lovely place to be!

kalaiselvisblog said...

lovely snaps with excellent words buddy...

Eden said...

What a beautiful place! Love the roses.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful glimpses of the place.