Banashankari

This article is about the locality in Bangalore. For other uses, see Banashankari (disambiguation).

Banashankari, commonly abbreviated as BSK^{[citation needed]}, is a locality spread across South and West Bangalore.^[1] Its name is derived from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's renowned temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.

Banashankari temple (2013)

Banashankari
neighborhood
Banashankari
Coordinates: 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, 198
Named after	Banashankari Amma Temple
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560026,560050,560060,560061,560062,560070,560078,560085,560098
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 Traffic and Transit Management Centre (TTMC)

South Bengaluru skyline as viewed from ISKCON, Vasanthapura.

Outer Ring Road in Hosakerehalli.

Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, stretching from Mysore Road to Kanakapura Road. It is bordered 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, encompassing parts of these neighborhoods.

Transport

The area boasts excellent connectivity through the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Additionally, it features a Volvo bus facility. There's a reconstructed bus stand and a Traffic Transit Management Centre. Moreover, the Green Line of Namma Metro traverses this locality.