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Welcome to Bangalore

Bangalore is booming, and a look at some of its nicknames says why: "India's Silicon Valley", "Fashion Capital of India", "The Pub City of India", and on. Home to well over 6.5 million people, and a base for 10,000 industries, Bangalore is India's fifth largest city and the fastest growing city in Asia.
The capital of the state of Karnataka, Bangalore is situated halfway between the coasts in southern India. The city was founded in the 16th century, and witnessed great southern dynasties like the Kadambas, the Hoysalas and Vijayanagar emperors. Legend has it that the name Bangalore comes from "boiled beans" (Benda Kaluru), which were served by a humble old lady to a hungry ruler in the 10th century.

Surprisingly, despite some adverse environmental impact of industrial development in Bangalore, another of its nicknames is "The Garden City". That's thanks to many local parks, along with pink cassias, golden acacias, and jacarandas which bloom throughout the city.
Many international visitors come to Bangalore for its excellent schools and universities, such as the Indian Institute of Science. While enjoying the warm weather year-around, tourists can also use the city as a central base for day trips to other Karnataka attractions. And Bangalore doesn't only produce fine silk and software. "The Fruit Market of the South" is great for grapes, mangoes and guavas.

Last but not the least, Bangalore is even gaining the status of the "Floriculture Capital" due to the present blossoming of flower exports from the city. Because of its rich stone resources, Bangalore is also known as the "Stone City", for its granite deposits.

The I.T industry views Bangalore as the 'byte-basket' of India. Bangalore is also home to some of India's premier scientific establishments. Blessed with a salubrious climate, gardens & parks, natural lakes, architectural landmarks, shopping malls, the best restaurants and pubs in this part of the globe, business opportunities, Bangalore is the ideal gateway to India and beyond. Bangalore offers something for everyone-music and dance concerts (Western and Indian), dramas, exhibitions, carnivals, conferences and more.
Bangalore is located at a fairly high altitude of 920 meters above sea level. This gives the city a temperate climate, avoiding the harsh summer heat of other cities such as Delhi. Bangalore is located in Karnataka state. The city has a population of 6,523,110 people, with an additional 1,877,416 living on the outskirts termed ‘ rural Bangalore’ .The city has a large domestic airport with limited international services. The international services are generally only provided to nations that are immediate neighbours of India, although Lufthansa flies direct to Germany. Indian Airlines and Singapore Airlines compete on the route to Singapore, a considerable distance from south India.

Bangalore is home to some of the leading information technology players and attracts three foreign equity companies every fortnight, resulting in a continuous growth of foreign investment. Companies including Wipro and Infosys are based in Bangalore and BPO players such as Progeon and ICICI OneSource are also locals. Major international firms such as General Motors, GE, Dell and HSBC have facilities in Bangalore.

Bangalore is the home of technology. Software engineers migrate from across India to work in Bangalore because there are so many leading organizations clustered together seeking their skills. The Government of Karnataka takes great pleasure in recounting some impressive facts about Bangalore to anyone who will listen. Some examples include the fact that the United Nations called Bangalore the 4th most important global hub of technological innovation in the world. Over half the world’s fortune 500 companies have an office in Bangalore. More than 1000 software companies call the city home and over 50 per cent of the world’s SEI CMM level 5 companies are based there.