Vidyaranyapura

Vidyaranyapura is situated in the northern part of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. Vidyaranyapura, along with several other extensions of the city, comes under a constituency called Byatarayanapura. It comes under the Greater Bangalore jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).HistoryVidyaranyapura is a colony that was formed in the late 1970s. It was formerly owned by a rich landlord, who still owns a large mango garden called Dinshaw Estate. Legends suggest that it may have been a battlefield. This is supported by the name of a nearby a place called Dandina Kodigehalli ('dandina' in Kannada means a cantonment or military camp). The township is named after the great Kannada poet, saint and priest, Vidyaranya it has a famous Durga davi temple.GeographyVidyaranyapura is situated in the north-west part of Bangalore, about 3050ft above sea level, at 13°05' N and 77°33' E. Nearby areas includeYelahanka, Thindlu, Kodigehalli, Doddabommasandra, Jalahalli, MS Palya and Sahakara Nagar.It is a composite locality comprising multiple sub-blocks and layouts: AMS Layout, Ganesha Layout, Balaji Layout, Defence Colony, Nanjappa Layout, Chamundeshwari Layout, Srinidhi layout, BEL Layout (Bharat Electronics Ltd.), Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) layout, and National Technological Institutes layout.