Halasuru
Halasuru, formerly known as Ulsoor, is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Bangalore. It is located in east Bangalore, and begins roughly near the eastern terminus of MG Road. It is renowned for its numerous temples and rather narrow streets.
The village of Halasuru is said to have been gifted to Kempe Gowda I (1513–1569), the founder of Bangalore, by the Vijayanagar emperors. The Ulsoor Lake was built by his successor, Kempe Gowda II, and is the only surviving tank built by the Gowda kings in Bangalore. The first British military station was set up in Halasuru in 1807.
There used to be a jackfruit orchard near the Ulsoor Lake, and the Kannada name for jackfruit being ‘Halasina Hannu’ (Kannada: ಹಲಸಿನ ಹಣ್ಣು), the area came to be known as Halasuru. During the British rule, the name was anglicised to ‘Ulsoor’, but in 2004, the neighbourhood was officially renamed ‘Halasuru’.
took these shots at Ulsoor lake during the foggy morning.
This was the boatman I had uploaded in my previous photos . He caught a fish and was trying to wring it away from the net that caught it .
| We like to thank Photographers kkalyan, Kushal Das, Saad Faruque, christopherhu and Swami Stream for sharing their work. |
