Banashankari
neighborhood
Banashankari
Coordinates: 12°56′14″N 77°33′15″E / 12.9373°N 77.5543°E / 12.9373; 77.5543
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bengaluru Urban
Metro	Bengaluru
Zone	Bengaluru South and Bengaluru West
Ward	155, 156, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 180, 181, 197
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560026,560050,560060,560061,560062,560070,560078,560085,560109
Telephone code	91-80
Vehicle registration	KA 05, KA 41, KA 58
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore South
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Spread over Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagara, Bangalore South, and Vijayanagara

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.^[1]

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.

Areas under Banashankari

Banashankari is one of the localities that has all possible classifications – stage, phase, and block. It is divided into six stages, with the sixth stage being the largest.

Banashankari, 1st Stage(Hanumanthanagar and Byatrayanapura)

This area is one of the oldest areas of Bangalore. It subsumes areas such as Byatrayanapura, Avalahalli, Srinagar, Nagendra Block, Kalidasa Layout, Raghavendra Block, Brindavan Nagar, Srinivasa Nagar, Vidyapeetha, SBM colony and Ashok Nagar.

This part of Banashankari is well known for the Ramanjaneya Temple^[2] and Kumara Swamy Devasthana. PES Degree College is also located here.

Banashankari 2nd Stage(Jayanagar and Padmanabha Nagar)

This area is close to Jayanagar. It is home to eminent persons such as Devegowda, Anil Kumble, P. C. Mohan and Ramesh Arvind. Well-known theater artist Master Hirannaiah and popular detective novelist T. K. Rama Rao were residents of this locality.

It has two well-known hills: Banagiri, which houses the Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple, and Devagiri, which houses the Venkateshwara Temple. It is the main commercial area of Banashankari. It also subsumes areas like Jayanagar 8th Block, Padmanabhanagar, Kadirenahalli, Teachers Colony II Stage, Yarab Nagar, Karesandra, and Kaveri Nagar.

Karesandra

Teachers Colony: This locality, developed mainly for school teachers, is a very well-developed locality and has the famous Narasimha Temple. Kadirenahalli Cross, which is a big junction adjoins Teachers Colony.

Yarab Nagar is a Muslim-majority area. At Yarabnagar, there is a mosque by the name of Masjid-E-Quba.

Kadirenahalli

Kadirenahalli was infamous for its long-delayed underpass which had hampered traffic in South Bangalore. The work started in 2008 and is now complete.

Banashankari 3rd Stage(Kathriguppe,Hosakerehalli and Girinagar)

A relatively new area formed in the mid-1980s. It is divided into 3 phases and 9 blocks. It also subsumes the areas like Muneshwara Block, Srividya Nagar, Hosakerehalli, Veerabhadra Nagar, Kathriguppe, Girinagar, Vivekananda Nagar, Janatha Bazar, Ittamadu, and Channammanakere Achukattu.

Hosakerehalli

An old village that was formerly under Rajarajeshwarinagar CMC. It is named after a famous lake in the vicinity. The NICE road passes through this area. Institutions like Little Flower Public School and PES University are located here. The lake has been encroached, and the land has been used up for the construction of houses. There have been no efforts from the government to claim the encroached land

Kathriguppe

The commercial area of BSK, Kathriguppe, hosts several outlets like Reliance Smart Bazaar, Puma, Adidas, Brand Factory, VIP Stores, Reliance Trends, Pantaloons, Reliance Digital, etc.

Banashankari 4th Stage(JP Nagar and Uttarahalli)

Block I(Kumaraswamy Layout)

It adjoins the already developed ISRO Layout, Vasanthapura (Kumaraswamy Layout) localities, and is closer to ORR, Banashankari Temple/TTMC, Kanakapura Road Metro Cash & Carry, Jayanagar, J.P.Nagar, Basavangudi, Padmanabhanagar and the first four stages of BSK. It also subsumes areas like Bikasipura, Prashanthinagar, Yelachenahalli, Maruthi HBCS Layout, Vittal Nagar, and Devarakere Extension (ISRO Layout). ^[3]

Block II(Uttarahalli)

It adjoins Gowdanapalya, Chikkalasandra, Subramanyapura, Arehalli and other areas of Uttarahalli.

Banashankari 5th Stage(Uttarahalli and JP Nagar)

It adjoins Uttarahalli, Marasandra, Konanakunte, Doddakalasandra, Poornaprajna HBCS Layout, Bharat HBCS Layout and Vaddarapalya more towards NICE Ring Road.^[4]

Banashankari 6th Stage (Vajarahalli,Uttarahalli and Kengeri)

Formed in the mid-2000s and still in a nascent stage in terms of development, this is the largest of all the BDA developed layouts so far. It is further divided into 15 blocks and subdivided into parts of Kengeri, Uttarahalli, and Vajarahalli. This is a sprawling locality nestled between Kanakapura Road in the east, Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road in the north, and NICE Road in the west and south. The famous Thurahalli hill and the reserved forest around is in the heart of Banashankari 6th Stage. This is a very scenic, serene layout with a lot of greenery and rolling hills around.

Transport

The area is well connected by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. There is also a Volvo bus facility in this area. The area has a reconstructed bus stand and a Traffic Transit Management Centre.The Green line of Namma Metro passes through this area.