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Bangalore
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(Karnataka)


Garden City

Does your heart crave to see the whole world in one shot? If it does, head straight for the pensioners paradise turned urban jungle, Bangalore! A composite culture there is a little bit of the rest of the world in Bangalore's old world charm and new found opulence. The glass and steel monoliths, the beautiful lanes lined with Gulmohar trees, swanky malls, stores and restaurant, old bungalows and roads built by the British all co-exist here. Crowded roads and tiny lanes cramped with vehicles and animals, repair work and flyover construction, arrival of VIP's all come together in creating the city's infamous and inevitable traffic limbo. But Bangalore with its adjust maadi attitude takes it all in its stride while settling very nicely into its niche of being a true cosmopolitan city.
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Safina Plaza, Arihant Plaza, Mota Royal Arcade, 5th Avenue, Commercial Street and Brigade Road are all lined with everything your heart desires music, men's and women's clothing and accessories, supermarkets, salons, gaming centers, food joints and Sales! Home Stores and life style malls like Garuda, Bangalore Central, Eva, Forum, Globus and Life Style are one-stop shopping experience for the discerning shopper. Can collectively be nicknamed The Harrods of Bangalore. The hip and young love to hang out here. You get the feeling there can never be enough shopping malls in Bangalore! Reminiscent of Bangalore's culture are its sandalwood products, incense sticks, Lambadi art and jewellery, Mysore silks, brass and ivory artifacts, inlay work with rosewood, and wooden toys. The Cauvery Emporium on MG Road has an enthralling collection of different genres of collectible art. For silks visit Handloom House or the KHDC showrooms. The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation has showrooms on MG Road and KG Road. You can find anything and everything in Bangalore Swarovski crystals to world class electronic goods and household items, to Tibetian and other far east country products to products that are second nature to cities and states in the country itself. Bangalore can be an expensive place to shop in, so its best to go armed with your bargaining abilities, a full wallet and credit cards and also ask the helpful locasl for some shopping tips
  
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