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I can Understand Why Bangalore was Called the Garden City

Posted on November 3, 2005November 13, 2021

I have been for a few days in Bangalore and I clicked all the lovely flowers, a few coconut trees and a faboulous sunset around the housing complex I am staying. It has been raining on and often and flowers seem to just grow out of their own free will.

Though Bangalore in general has been changing , so much traffic, narrow roads, pollution and washed away roads are the things that we had to negotiate if we went out of the house. I have uploaded a few of my pretty photographs only.

Sympathy White Lily (First Photo) and Yellow Peacock Flowers

Such a Small Rose Bud

Frangipani
Flowers, Tress and a Bit of Sky

Morning Glory

Coconuts (above) and Yellow Hibiscus (below)
A Glorious Sunset
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21 thoughts on “I can Understand Why Bangalore was Called the Garden City”

  1. Emma says:
    November 3, 2005 at 12:18 pm

    Beautiful pictures, mridula. Especially the sunset one. I am not a particular fan of the Bangalore city, but through your lens you do provide an alternate perspective.

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  2. Indiranagar says:
    November 3, 2005 at 12:53 pm

    Wow…beautiful.Bangalore is indeed a beautiful city. Pity it is deteriorating.

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  3. Slice Of Life says:
    November 3, 2005 at 5:49 pm

    wonderful picsuma

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  4. Tarun says:
    November 3, 2005 at 6:20 pm

    Wow! Beautiful pictures….

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  5. Teri says:
    November 3, 2005 at 8:12 pm

    i just read an aricle, maybe in the Wall Street Journal, maybe in the New York Times (I don’t remember which, but those are the only two papers I read regularily, so it probably was one of them) about Bangalore, and it had beautiful pictures too – although yours are better!

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  6. 4afteruse says:
    November 4, 2005 at 9:21 am

    colourful!! wow, awesome! g8 work mridula, keep em updatin! where did u find al flowers together? yea de climate haz been relly wonderful these days, ur sunset pic is heavenly!!

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  7. 4afteruse says:
    November 4, 2005 at 9:25 am

    it seems de tree is on fire, nice one

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  8. kamesh says:
    November 4, 2005 at 2:53 pm

    you have shot some amazing pictures mridula. I have one of them as my wallpaper now.. Thanks or that.Kamesh

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  9. MoDigli says:
    November 4, 2005 at 3:33 pm

    Those are GORGEOUS, Mridula! My favorite was the Frangipani. I like the name, but also, I’ve never seen this flower before. I’ve heard of a frangrance that must come from that flower, but it’s the first time I’m seeing it and I just love it! Thanks for sharing this great pics. That place looks amazing!

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  10. JB says:
    November 4, 2005 at 5:05 pm

    Wow–beautiful photographs! I really like the Frangipani, too. And I’m a sucker for a good sunset.Do you live in Bangalore? Or are you just staying there for a while?

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  11. Pooja Aggarwal says:
    November 4, 2005 at 6:56 pm

    Very nice pictures, Mridula. What camera do you use ?

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  12. lily b says:
    November 4, 2005 at 8:32 pm

    Really lovely pictures, Mridula. We know the frangipani as plumeria and the sympathy lily as a spathophyllum or peace lily (my dad used to own a plant nursery, so I have odd bits of plant knowledge stuck in my head), but by any name they’re beautiful.

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  13. Pecos Blue says:
    November 5, 2005 at 2:25 am

    These are just amazing–I will try and get some desert flower pics to you for comparision. Hope all is well and Happy Diwali!

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  14. niki yokota says:
    November 5, 2005 at 4:13 am

    OMG!! i want to see the Coconut trees and Yellow Hibiscus in real life!!!!(^o^)// amazing shots indeed!!!

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  15. Sumit says:
    November 5, 2005 at 6:19 am

    Beautiful pics :)Been to Bangalore a few times.. but don’t quite like the overcrowded city… 🙁

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  16. Kartik says:
    November 5, 2005 at 8:26 pm

    Lovely pictures, indeed! Liked the coconut shot …reminded me of how we used to enjoy drinking the coconut water and then scoop & eat the insides as well. Sweet memories..:-)

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  17. Khakra says:
    November 6, 2005 at 2:54 am

    is there another side to b’lore thats getting dirty and grim? great snaps

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  18. Crystal says:
    November 6, 2005 at 4:24 am

    Outstanding photos! I have a hibiscus bush and adore the big colorfull flowers, the flowers from your pics are so very exotic!

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  19. Gangadhar says:
    November 8, 2005 at 10:16 am

    Wow! Mridula,fantastic pics here..yeah really outstanding as the fellow blogger said..I’m little bit late here as i’m bloghopping very less these days…Anyway I didn’t miss the pleasant chance of viewing beautiful pics here..thank you..

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  20. Mridula says:
    November 9, 2005 at 12:38 pm

    Emma, Indranagar, Chennai pages, thank you.Teri, you are so kind.Undersky, these flowers were in one big residential compund.Kamesh and Modigili, thank you for your comments.JB, I was staying in Bangalore for just a while.Pooja, I use a Nikon Coolpix 3200! Have to upgrade sometime in the distant future.

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  21. Mridula says:
    November 10, 2005 at 5:28 am

    Wow! a plant nursery, how nice Lily.Pecos Blue, please do that.Niki, Sumit and Kartik, thank you.Khakra, I find the pollution levels in the city very high now and the roads literally crumbling.Crystal and gangadhar, thank you so much for your lovely comments.

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